On Feb. 12, Edward Lewis Neal told his wife goodbye and drove to the Cooper Tire plant in Texarkana, Ark., where his co-workers called him Preacher because of his ministry at the Springdale Church of God and Christ. When an ambulance took Preacher from Cooper Tire...
Republicans in America suffer a crippling anxiety. It’s the terrible fear of corporations paying poor workers too much. The GOP is so afraid that the nation’s lowest wage earners will get a raise that Republican politicians across the country are working overtime to outlaw wages above...
Rejecting dozens of heroic characters, from Captain America to Underdog, Republicans last week chose instead a villain for their figurehead. They selected Prince John, the guy who coddled the rich and tried to crush Robin Hood. House Republicans voted to elevate Prince John as their champion...
Tired of with waiting on hold, poor craftsmanship, and bad customer service? Website and Mobile App "GripeO" launches to save you frustration. Buffalo, NY (March 31st, 2014) - Buffalo, NY based GripeO LLC is announcing the launch of a new website and mobile application to...
The billionaire-hugging right-wingers on the Supreme Court, who began poisoning the American political process in 2010 with their Citizens United decision, dumped a truckload more Zyklon B into voting booths last week with their McCutcheon ruling. While in Citizens United they awarded corporations the right to secretly...
Big league universities want the athletes they recruit to see them as substitute moms and dads. Don’t worry, they say, be happy, ’cause we’ve got you covered. It’s all very appealing – until an athlete is seriously injured in practice or a game. Then the athlete...
In the olden days, buying votes was a risky business. That’s not because the purchaser faced felony charges. No, the real peril was that the guy bribing voters wouldn’t get what he wanted. The process was too indirect. The man with “walking around money” would tell...
I’m a big fan of “House of Cards.” So it’s an added pleasure that this brilliant series now has some relevance to my work life. For the past seven years, I’ve urged Washington to stand up to China on its currency manipulation and other policies...
Republicans despise America’s poor and jobless. The GOP made that perfectly clear by repeatedly denouncing them and cutting food stamps and unemployment benefits. But last week, Republicans revealed that they also hate hard-working Americans! Republicans condemned President Obama for proposing to extend mandatory overtime pay to...
Shareholders Call on Board to Address Human Capital Issues at North American Subsidiaries (LONDON) – Shareholders in National Express Group PLC (NEX: LN) have submitted a shareholder proposal to the company, calling on the Board of Directors of the U.K.-listed multinational transport corporation to improve oversight...