by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 12, 2008 | Blog
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is on a path to finish the job Hurricane Katrina started, destroying the public infrastructure that served, however imperfectly, poor and working-class New Orleans residents. Jindal, the young wunderkind who is being touted as...
by Bill Scher | Jun 11, 2008 | Blog
After passing last month a penny-ante compromise bill on energy, Senate leaders finally launched a real confrontation over the direction of our energy policy. And the Senate conservative minority was exposed, as they
by Robert Borosage | Jun 11, 2008 | Blog
Monday in Raleigh, North Carolina, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama opened the general election fight, taking the gloves off against the "tired and misguided [economic] philosophy that has dominated Washington for too long," and offering a clear challenge to the Bush-McCain...
by Eric Lotke | Jun 10, 2008 | Blog
I had the privilege Tuesday morning of attending a hearing by Rep. James Oberstar, D-Minn., the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, on the issue of America’s decaying infrastructure. It was an important hearing and everyone said the...
by Bill Scher | Jun 10, 2008 | Blog
One of America's most well-known "business" journalists believes that households who earn more than $200,000 a year are "not rich." In reality, they make up the top 3.5% of all American households. CNBC's Maria Bartiromo made her mis-observation to the New York Post,...
