Opinion

Sept. 19, 2011 - So the really big fight — perhaps the defining battle of 2012 — won't be over Medicare. It won't even be over Obama's jobs program. It will be over whether the rich should pay more taxes. The President has vowed to veto any plan ...

September 20, 2011 - Even if Jon Huntsman's presidential ambitions are quashed by the Perry-Romney juggernaut, politicians in both parties would be wise to consider something Huntsman said during a recent GOP debate: "I'd love to get everybody to sign...

Sept. 19, 2011 - The increasingly extreme conservative ideology pervading Congress and the tea party is infused with a dogmatic creed of rugged individualism, used to justify policies that benefit only the super-rich and large corporations, while hurti...

Sept. 19, 2011 - After a bubble economy burst, the stock market collapsed. Main street businesses began to fold and jobs soon vanished. Millions of job seekers remained unemployed as the months turned into years. Both government and personal debt soare...

Sept. 19, 2011 - Across the country, in every region and at companies large and small, unemployed people are being told they are ineligible to apply for vacancies. Everyone knows that it's illegal to discriminate in hiring when it comes to factors lik...

Sept. 19, 2011 - Statement of U.S. PIRG Tax and Budget Associate Dan Smith on President Obama's deficit-reduction plan, outlined today in a Rose Garden speech. The President deserves significant credit for presenting a deficit reduction plan today wi...

Sept. 19, 2011 - Statement from Rosemary Ahtuangaruak, Tribal Liaison, Alaska Wilderness League: Today, the Obama administration issued final Clean Air Act permits for the Discoverer drill ship – pushing the Inupiat people of Alaska's Arctic coast o...

The fabulous Julissa Veloz, just being fabulous!

Gus's revenge!

Sept. 19, 2011 - After suffering through several un-presidential GOP debates, I'm struck by the amount of anti-woman rhetoric spewing from the candidates. Although none of them dares utter the W word — unless it's part of the phrase "our men and wome...