by Kate Harveston Affordable housing has always been a target for the GOP, since the golden days of Ronald Reagan, and his famous “welfare queen” speeches during his 1976 presidential campaign. Something in this image — widowed or unmarried women living luxuriously off welfare ...read more

One of the most pervasive myths about poverty in right wing circles is that people who are unable to lift themselves out of it aren't working hard enough. Some of the most militant advocates of this philosophy are those who come from poor backgrounds themselves, and insist that ...read more

Contrary to his public image, we now know that militant free market capitalist Sean Hannity is in fact a big government socialist. The Trump propagandist, who spends every waking moment of his life trying to dismantle socialism for anyone not a millionaire or giant corporation ...read more

It appears that the Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson under Donald Trump, lied about a $31,000 custom mahogany dining room set chosen for his office that was paid for by the public. Carson maintained that “nobody was more surprised than me,” about the cost of ...read more

Dr. Ben Carson went in front of the Senate on Thursday to make an argument as to why he should be confirmed as the head of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Everything was going well enough for the failed GOP presidential candidate who is uniquely unqualified to ...read more

In a totally non-token move, President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Dr. Ben Carson to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development in his new administration.  "Ben Carson has a brilliant mind and is passionate about strengthening communities and families within those ...read more