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Supreme Court Opens Door Wider for Collecting Internet Sales Taxes
By declining to hear a challenge to New York State's "Amazon law," the U.S. Supreme Court has now helped pave the way for states and localities to collect more of the roughly $13 billion that they're...
View ArticleFascist-Ruled Countries Score The Lowest On Gallup's Happiness Indicator
Gallup headlined on December 2nd, "'Suffering' in Bulgaria and Armenia Highest Worldwide," and reported Gallup's well-being scores of 1,000 respondents in each of 143 countries, which showed the...
View ArticleHow a Nutritionist Became Interested in Medical Marijuana
Although I went to high school and college in the '70s, I never tried or was even vaguely interested in pot. I am fairly certain my best friend at the time put himself through college growing the...
View ArticleWhy We Should Miss John F. Kennedy 50 Years On
Then U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy declared victory in the 1960 presidential election the day after his razor-thin besting of then Vice President Richard Nixon. This appearance at the Hyannis Armory...
View ArticleWhen Prisoners Have Stronger Ethics Than Prosecutors
A week does not go by without another outrage of the U.S. prosecution service being exposed, and one of the more stupefying instances of potential prosecutorial abuse is cooking up over former...
View ArticleRepublicans Cry Fraud
The clarion call from Republicans: Fraud! Using fear in promoting selfish and ultimately destructive policies has become the GOP methodology -- the backbone of their final attempt to hold onto a waning...
View ArticleReflecting on Hunger this Holiday Season
Last week, I wrote about the continued need for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), particularly in the wake of the automatic benefit cuts that began on November 1. It is fortunately...
View Article12 Fast Facts About Thursday's Fast-Food Strike
This Thursday, December 5, workers at fast-food restaurants around the country will be striking for higher pay and better working conditions. Their primary demand is an increase in their base hourly...
View ArticleRepairing Christianity's Damaged Brand
One of the saddest and most damaging consequences of the Religious Right's grip on partisan power over the past three decades has been the tarnishing of Christianity. Since the 1980s, the Religious...
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Further Unmasking Corporate Political Spending
Every day, more and more of the nation's leading companies are voluntarily adopting or strengthening their policies to provide for detailed disclosure of their political contributions and the extent of...
View ArticleHappy Holidays vs. Merry Christmas: The Last Thing That Ever Needs To Be Said...
Every year at the beginning of December some Americans engage in a ridiculous rhetorical ritual that recycles righteous arguments about whether people should say to one another Happy Holidays or Merry...
View ArticleMinimum Wage Momentum
Tomorrow, in 100 cities nationwide, fast-food workers are speaking out and taking action. Their message is simple: they want a wage that allows them to raise their families without living in poverty....
View ArticleNSA Cellphone Tracking: What About the Fourth Amendment?
Barton Gellman just cracked open a story that's been on the horizon since the NSA leaks began: the agency is tracking the location of hundreds of millions of cellphones, including many owned by...
View ArticleImmigration Reform Requires You to Interrupt, Speak Up
As Congress prepares to go on break once again, there is still plenty uncertainty regarding the fate of immigration reform. It seems that every week politicians from both parties, activists, and...
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Farm Bill Should Fight Hunger
We need a Farm Bill that fights hunger in America and preserves the food stamp (SNAP) program. There are millions of Americans struggling because of unemployment and low wages. Yet, SNAP cuts took...
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Warning Signals: Metro-North Accident Underscores Need for Investment in Rail...
On Sunday Bronx residents were jarred from sleep by the horrific sound of metal grinding against metal, trees, and gravel as the southbound Metro-North express from Poughkeepsie hurtled from the tracks...
View ArticleOne Answer to Low-Wage Work: Redistributing the Gains
The President's speech yesterday on inequality avoided the "R" word. No politician wants to mention "redistribution" because it conjures up images of worthy "makers" forced to hand over hard-earned...
View ArticleCongress Must Extend Unemployment Insurance: Here's Another Reason Why
We and others warned a year ago that letting the payroll tax expire would hurt the economy. Policymakers ignored those warnings, and in a new analysis, Goldman Sachs highlights the economic damage...
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