President Donald Trump invited the Dodgers to the White House. Many of their fans feared that the team, by accepting, would humiliate themselves and betray the team’s large Latino, Asian and African-American fan base. Dodgers controlling owner Mark Walter, along with co-owner Magic Johnson, have proposed a solution. Trump has promised that if he can keep the championship trophy, the Commissioner’s Trophy, he will end all seizures and deportations of immigrants.   read more

Pay-for-performance has as much authenticity in the world of CEOs nowadays as a three-dollar bill. Last year, the nation’s financial sector teetered toward collapsing, businesses hemorrhaged a couple million jobs, and the stock market fell 37%. Bu...   read more

The Great Recession of 2008-2009 did nothing to slow the advance of corporate America becoming friendlier towards gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals. According to the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s annual ranking of businesses,...   read more

The timing of Army General Stanley McChrystal’s recent, and dour, assessment of the war in Afghanistan should be noted, says Tom Engelhardt, in light of President Barack Obama’s wavering on the conflict’s long-term military commitment. McChrystal ...   read more

Medical researchers have confirmed—to a “statistically significantly” degree—a fear long held by the British: do not check yourself into a hospital in early August. This calendar-driven warning is due to the annual arrival of new doctors to hospit...   read more

Half of all expenditures by the federal government are wasted, according to Americans surveyed by Gallup. The level of cynicism with regard to how Washington spends taxpayer dollars is now at an all-time high, with respondents believing 50% of all...   read more

An examination of the murders of women in 2007 has found Louisiana led the nation in such killings when the culprit is a husband, boyfriend or another “intimate” relation. On a per capita basis, Louisiana was ranked No. 1 with a 2.53 homicide rate...   read more

Immigrants seeking a fast-track method for becoming U.S. citizens need only heed the call from Uncle Sam. Serving in the U.S. military is now the quickest way for foreign-born residents to gain their citizenship, and more of them are taking advant...   read more

If the Obama administration wants to get serious about climate change, then it will need to convince Congress that energy subsidies will have to be overhauled. A review of government supports for energy from 2002-2008 revealed most of the tax brea...   read more

Rather than sending thousands more American soldiers, the U.S. should spend its money on enlarging Afghanistan’s army and law enforcement, say police officials from some of the country’s most violent regions. Local police insist a surge in U.S. pe...   read more

“Plain Vanilla” proved to be too rich for Congress’ taste. President Barack Obama’s desire to force banks to offer consumers “plain vanilla” financial products, in particular 30-year fixed-rate mortgages, is quickly melting on Capitol Hill, where ...   read more

A historically-themed restaurant in Russia known as the “Anti-Soviet” (Antisovetskaya) has had to change its name following complaints by a well-known Russian advocate who now works for the government. Oleg Mitvol, a Moscow city prefect, pressured...   read more

Congress’ swift reaction to the ACORN controversy could wind up having widespread consequences for the military industrial complex. Legislation adopted to strip ACORN of its federal funding was so broadly written that it could apply to any governm...   read more

One more big bank failure and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) could be in danger of going broke. This predicament has forced federal regulators to seriously consider borrowing money from the very institutions the FDIC has been res...   read more

Nothing is easy at the federal government’s most unpopular agency. Six months after President Barack Obama fired all of its top appointees, the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) has a new panel of commissioners so that it can finally do its...   read more

If a new medical study is any indication, Wall Street may be headed for some serious mental trouble. Researchers from the University of Alabama have published new findings on early warnings for Alzheimer’s which show that a decline in financial sk...   read more

When Democratic Congressman Mike Ross of Arkansas and his wife sold their pharmacy business to a local chain two years ago, they received substantially more for the property than its assessed value, according to an investigation by ProPublica and ...   read more