by Richard Eskow | Jun 12, 2012 | Blog
Suddenly the headlines are filled with talk of an impending "fiscal cliff," a series of tax and budget changes which the news pages say is an impending catastrophe and which the editorial pages are urging Washington lawmakers to prevent. How would they do that? Why,...
by Bill Scher | Jun 12, 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: The Fiscal Cliff...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 12, 2012 | Blog
When Van Jones took to the stage as the closing keynote speaker for the Netroots Nations conference Saturday afternoon, he began with the obvious. Yes, progressive activists are disheartened by losing the recall election of Gov. Scott Walker in Wisconsin. They are...
by Steven Capozzola | Jun 11, 2012 | Blog, Making it in America
The New York Times' Keith Bradsher reports that China's domestic economy has been stumbling of late due to a slowdown in construction and a sluggish retail market. But that's not a major problem because China has an ace-in-the-hole. Whenever the economy of the...
