by Terrance Heath | Apr 30, 2012 | Blog
Finally, someone's giving NJ governor Chris Christie (whom fellow blogger Richard Eskow rightly dubbed, "The Heartless, Smug, Bullying Embodiment Of The Republican Party") as good as he dishes out. At the Daily Beast, author Stephen King has posted a response to...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 30, 2012 | Blog, Economy
President Obama spoke today at the AFL-CIO's Building and Construction Trades Department Legislative Conference in Washington, asking Republicans to stop blocking infrastructure and transportation projects. (See transcript here.) These projects would immediately...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 30, 2012 | Blog
(Note - updated with audio of meeting and video of protests taking place outside, at bottom of post.) I attended the GE shareholder meeting in Detroit today. The beginning of the meeting was disrupted by people from the 99% Spring movement and 99% Power respectfully...
by Terrance Heath | Apr 30, 2012 | Blog
Depending on your point of view, the results on austerity are in. The roll call European countries with shrunken economies, mired in recession, is identical to the list of European countries yoked to austerity economics — Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Spain, Greece (of...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 30, 2012 | Blog
Two Occupy movement volunteers, a Chicago community organizer, an Atlanta health care activist and a crusader against "prison-based gerrymandering" have been nominated for the annual Maria Leavey Tribute Award, which honors an unsung progressive hero. The deserving...
