by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 26, 2010 | Blog
A number of cities around the country are turning off their street lights, unpaving their roads and rolling back what used to be sacrosanct public services because they can no longer afford to provide them. The New York Times reported recently that students at a...
by Mary Bottari | Aug 26, 2010 | Blog
Some will rob you with a six gun and some with a fountain pen - Woodie Guthrie Like mushrooms popping up in a damp basement, a slew of court settlements have been registered recently involving the big banks and their role in the financial crisis. An informal review of...
by Bill Scher | Aug 26, 2010 | Uncategorized
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to affect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. Simpson Apology Doesn't Stop Calls...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 26, 2010 | Blog
Former Wyoming Republican Senator Alan Simpson is co-chair of President Obama's Fiscal Commission. This is what he said the other day about the relationship between the American people and our government: "We’ve reached a point now where it’s like a milk cow with 310...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 25, 2010 | Blog
Ryan Grim reports that Alan Simpson has apologized to Ashley B. Carson of the Older Women's League for sending her an insulting email. Unfortunately, it's not enough.
