by Sam Pizzigati | Nov 23, 2010 | Blog
The national statistics on the economic and social gaps that divide us, suggests new research two years in the making, actually understate how unequal American life has become at the more local level, where people live it. “The United States today is a country...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 23, 2010 | Blog
Recent remarks by a would-be Social Security cutter highlight the unspoken agenda behind proposals that claim to "fix" the program by cutting benefits, all in the name of "deficit reduction." Social Security doesn't contribute to the deficit. But it can help decrease...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 23, 2010 | Blog
China claims it originated or bought technology for their high-speed rail projects, and didn't steal it. This is a Google translation -- Refuting the State Intellectual Property Office of China's high-speed rail: China news agency, Chengdu, November 22 (Xu Yangyi) -...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 23, 2010 | Blog, Making it in America
Does it even matter what the public wants anymore? I guess that's a rhetorical question these days because more and more obviously the answer is no. It matters what the plutocrats want, and they know how to get what they want. Public opinion is "engineered" or at...
by Zach Carter | Nov 23, 2010 | Blog
The Republican Party's newfound political assault on Ben Bernanke is a grim reminder of the actual conservative economic agenda for the next two years. The midterm elections taught Republicans a destructive lesson: With Democrats in power, the worse the economy gets,...
