Over the next two years, Democrats have the unfettered ability to be an albatross around the neck of the GOP — and to make sure that what little they manage to get done due to their paper-thin majorities becomes the reason for their undoing.
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Robert Reich: Why Either Trump’s and Cruz’s Tax Plans Would Be the Largest Redistributions to the Rich in American History
The tax cuts for the rich proposed by the two leading Republican candidates for the presidency – Donald Trump and Ted Cruz – are larger, as a proportion of the government budget and the total economy, than any tax cuts ever before proposed in history.
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Act Out! [56] - Activism Spring, a Tiny Way to Help the Homeless, and Artists Capture Crooks
This week, from marches to sit-ins to teach-ins and rallies, activism is in full swing.
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Act Out! [55] - The High Crime of Ecocide, No New Leases & Shut Down Creech
This week we're standing strong on the front lines – talking no new leases in New Orleans, no new permits in Oregon, shutting down a drone air force base and playing whack-a-mole with Monsanto.
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Act Out! [54] - Activist Reflections, Disarm Saudi Arabia & AIPAC, and Life in the Waste-Stream
This week, spring is in the air and so is a renewed call for justice, peace and freedom. But before we get to the front lines, let's take a look at what it means to be an activist and what makes a social movement successful.
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Act Out! [53] - Pave the Grand Canyon, Monsanto's clean slate & Activists In City Hall
Monsanto is poisoning people, but that's nothing new. And after four decades, one measly clause in a house bill could wipe their legal slate clean. Next, Daniel Lee has occupied the streets, and now he's fighting for a city council seat.
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Untouchable Big Oil Threatens All Life On Earth // Empire_File016
All life on Earth is threatened by catastrophic climate change – and in this episode of The Empire Files, Abby Martin uncovers Big Oil’s strong-arm reach – its growth, its crimes, its power and its impunity.
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Act Out! [52] - Chris Hedges, Jill Stein, Peter Joseph, Shamell Bell & more Acting Out!
This week it’s our anniversary, and we’re celebrating with a look back and an inspiring look forward: We’re raising our firsts, our voices, and indeed, a glass in the name of creative activism and the continued fight for freedom and justice.
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Robert Reich: 4 Reasons Ted Cruz is Even More Dangerous than Donald Trump... in 2 minutes.
Robert Reich breaks down why Ted Cruz is more dangerous than Donald Trump.
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Acronym TV [57] - #OscarsSoWhite + Flint Solidarity
In this episode, an interview with #OscarsSoWhite creator April Reign on whether Chris Rock will Do The Right Thing, then Justin Wedes of Detroit Workers and Builders talks about solidarity actions with Flint, Michigan.
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Act Out! [51] - How to lose a plutocracy in 60 days, March madness on the front lines
This week, grab your calendars and let's head to the front lines where we're talking everything from women's rights to Saudi ties to spring break.