Tag Archive for ‘social security’
A View From Washington: Our First CEO President
If you’ve been thinking that Obama is a Democratic President fighting for a historic compromise called the Grand Bargain for whatever reason, you do not understand what is actually happening, argues Don Washington.
A View from Washington: The President’s Quest for the Unholy Grail
You are probably tired, angry or resigned to the evil that plutocrats do when you think about the Fiscal Cliff, the Grand Betrayal or, as I like to call it, the Unholy Grail.
A View From Washington: Reality Checking
We’re proud to introduce our newest monthly column, from Don Washington, progressive rabble-rouser, writer and frontman of Mayoral Tutorial.
Activists Arrested Confronting Dick Durbin About ‘Fiscal Cliff’
Originally published at In These Times. With hundreds of billions of dollars in cuts to desperately needed federal safety-net programs looming and the future of Bush-era tax cuts to the rich up in the air, Chicago activists brought their case to U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) last week.
Why we blocked traffic: Arrested seniors tell their stories
More than 400 senior citizens protesting cuts to social safety net programs rallied November 7 at Federal Plaza. Some then blocked traffic at the intersection of Jackson and Clark Streets in an act of civil disobedience, and 47 demonstrators, four of whom reached the destination in motorized wheelchairs, were arrested and cited by police. Two ...
