News and Analysis: Government

Obama speech: same policies, slightly new package

ANSWER responds to President Obama’s speech at the National Defense University

May 23, 2013

President Obama’s speech today was another exercise in misdirection and illusion regarding the administration’s unprecedented use of drone military strikes.

Navajo Nation battles uranium corporations, nuclear industry

Decades of dealing with environmental degradation, racism

May 8, 2013

A struggle 500 years in the making is occurring right now on land of the Navajo Nation. That struggle is over uranium.

Proposed immigration reform: some relief, while serving corporate interests

Potential gains shrouded in militarization, criminalization and uncertainty

April 21, 2013

The demand for legalization has made its way to the halls of Congress, but the movement must grow stronger, mobilize and make Congress shake to attain full rights, the reform that immigrants need.

Obama’s inaugural speech: Rhetoric and reality

What does this new 'liberal vision' actually mean?

January 22, 2013

While the president’s rhetoric was progressive-sounding and strongly delivered, there was little actual content, and most of that was decidedly unprogressive and/or dishonest.

Volunteer with ANSWER at the Inauguration in Washington, D.C.

Honoring Dr. King's legacy

January 18, 2013

Dr. King was a fighter for the people. One cannot truly honor his name and simultaneously pursue political policies that favor the banks, the elites and the Pentagon over the unemployed, students and the elderly.

Banks buy another ‘Get Out of Jail Free’ card from gov’t

Foreclosed homeowners to receive a measly $750 compensation

January 12, 2013

If you burglarized a home you are going to jail. But what would happen if you used illegal practices to kick millions out of their homes?

From one 'cliff' to the next

Anti-worker deal on taxes sets stage for anti-worker deal on spending

January 3, 2013

Being evicted, losing your job, or being sick and uninsured is a crisis. But for Wall Street’s loyal servants in Washington, crises are not all that bad.

Liz Fowler and the government-corporate revolving door

Key health care reform figure returns to private sector

December 24, 2012

Elizabeth Fowler, architect of the 2010 Affordable Care Act, was rewarded for service to the capitalist class with a position as head of global health policy for Johnson & Johnson.

Proposed fiscal cliff bargain: smoke and mirrors

Why is Big Business agreeing to tax increases?

December 19, 2012

After spending the entire election campaign comparing any tax rise to Armageddon, Big Business now appears to be backing the President’s negotiating position.

Obama, la desigualdad racial y la opresión nacional

Creando un movimiento anti-racista durante el segundo mandato de Obama

November 23, 2012

La ascendencia del Presidente Obama a la presidencia no desarraigó la explotación clasista ni la opresión nacional que son la base de las disparidades raciales continuas.

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