Topic: Washington politics

  • Un gran, mal acuerdo

    El más reciente acuerdo presupuestario podrá haber evitado un cierre total del gobierno, pero por seguro apilará más austeridad sobre los trabajadores.

  • A "grand bargain" that's a bad deal for workers

    Washington's latest budget deal might have avoided a total "shutdown" of the government, but it's sure to heap more austerity on workers.

  • Defendamos el derecho al voto

    En una amenaza para al derecho a votar de los afroamericanos, la Corte Suprema podría anular una parte fundamental de la Ley del Derecho Electoral.

  • Undoing the right to vote

    The Supreme Court may overturn a critical part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act--but that's only the latest threat to African Americans' right to vote.

  • The austerity vs. austerity debate

    The partisan battles in Washington hide a bipartisan agreement--that there is no alternative to austerity, and the only differences are over the scale.

  • Killing the post office

    Thousands of postal jobs are in danger with the U.S. Postal Service's decision to move to five-day-a-week delivery.

  • Tec-9's for teachers?

    As a teacher, I never imagined politicians and other cultural "leaders" would be urging me to add "special forces" to my title.

  • A Christmas Carol in November?

    Mitt Romney says Barack Obama won the election because he acted like "Santa Claus"--but it sure doesn't seem that way.

  • Por el abismo de la austeridad

    El enfoque republicano en torno al presupuesto fue rechazado, pero a menos que el pueblo obrero monte una resistencia, los recortes vendrán de todos.

  • What the election says about what's next

    Most of us will have breathed a sigh of relief at the trouncing of the Republicans, but our movements face new challenges ahead.

  • Night of the Living Debate

    Those of you who were too bored or busy to watch the presidential debate had the right idea. So I wrote a new version.

  • Grand theft right-to-vote

    Voter ID laws aren't about stopping election fraud--they're about stealing the right to vote, disproportionately from African Americans and Latinos.

  • Obama y la Suprema S.A.

    Con la venia de Obama, la Corte Suprema falló, este año y como siempre, a favor de las corporaciones y de la represión.

  • Obama and the Supreme Corp.

    The U.S. Supreme Court repeatedly ruled for big business and the repressive powers of the federal government--and a Democratic president mostly agreed.

  • The corporate lobbyist playbook

    A well-coordinated network of corporate-backed organizations are highly influential in setting the agenda of state politics.

  • Uncovering the other ALECs

    ALEC isn't the only "corporate bill mill" that's polluting statehouses and twisting democracy in favor of the rich.

  • Can we get money out of politics?

    Can campaign finance reform laws transform U.S. politics, or are they doomed to be evaded by corporate interests?

  • De, por y para el rico

    Republicanos y demócratas están cometidos a la defensa de la riqueza y el poder de la élite. Y ¿cómo no? Los líderes de ambos partidos son parte de ella.

  • Of the rich, by the rich, for the rich

    Republicans and Democrats are both committed to defending the wealth and power of the elite. And why not? The parties' leaders are part of it.

  • A campaign of, by and for the rich

    There are many things the 99 percent can do to affect this corrupt society, but very few of them center around the ballot box.

  • Building an electoral alternative

    It makes no sense to shy away from challenging corporate power in the electoral arena, while calling for such challenges in other ways.

  • La elección en otra dimensión

    La elección del candidato presidencial republicano ha sido una pútrida vitrina de racismo y reacción, pero lo único que los demócratas tienen para ofrecer es que no son republicanos.

  • The Twilight Zone election

    The Republican primaries have been a putrid showcase for racism and reaction--but the best Democrats have to offer is they're not Republicans.

  • Ratericanos y encubridócratas

    Las diferencias entre los dos partidos es tan mínima como máxima es la desconexión entre lo que representan y las preocupaciones reales de los trabajadores.

  • Republican creeps and Democratic enablers

    The differences between the two parties are dwarfed by the disconnect between what they stand for in common and the real concerns of working people.