by Richard Eskow | Feb 29, 2012 | Blog
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon recently said that he felt safer in Lebanon than he did when Occupy marched past his house. If nothing else, it proves that Wall Street bankers haven't gotten any better at risk management - the art of knowing where danger lies and...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 29, 2012 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Unions have been fighting the 1% vs 99% fight for more than 100 years. Now the rest of us are learning that this fight is also OUR fight. The story of organized labor has been a story of working people banding together to confront concentrated wealth and power. Unions...
by Bill Scher | Feb 29, 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: Forget Michigan....
by Richard Eskow | Feb 29, 2012 | Blog
Forget Michigan. Worry about Steny Hoyer. While most political eyes are fixed on Romney's primary results, the middle class faces a threat to its financial security right in the heart of the Capitol.The Democratic Party does, too. House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, who...