by Bill Scher | Jan 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. MORNING MESSAGE: Why Aren't Mitt &...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 30, 2012 | Blog
You'd think Social Security would top the list of subjects for a presidential debate in Florida. How many questions did Wolf Blitzer ask about it during Thursday night's Republican debate in Jacksonville? Answer: None. The words "Social Security" never passed his...
by Terrance Heath | Jan 27, 2012 | Blog
Another GOP debate has come and gone, and there's a clear consensus on who won and who lost this round. After two fabulously bombastic debate performances, Newt Gingrich was defeated by the one man he can never seem to beat: himself. Ultimately, Newt's problem is just...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 27, 2012 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Servitude: "a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life" Democracy: "a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 27, 2012 | Blog
LISTEN The Nation's Greg Kaufmann discusses "This Week in Poverty" and the need to make the plight of poor people more visible. Did you catch the reference in President Obama's State of the Union address to "poverty"? You can be forgiven if you didn't. Greg Kaufmann...
