by Sam Pizzigati | Jan 27, 2013 | Blog
The world's wealthy gathered in the Alps again last week to discuss how to 'solve' the world's problems. The world's biggest problem, suggests one top global anti-poverty outfit, may be their fortunes. Apologists for inequality have a standard retort to anyone who...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 25, 2013 | Blog
A penal of three Republican judges today knocked down the President's three recess appointments last year to the National Labor Relations Board. The President appointed the three NLRB members following Republican filibusters of his nominees, intended to keep the...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 25, 2013 | Blog
The fight for filibuster reform does not stop with what MSNBC talk show host Ed Schultz on Thursday dubbed Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's "fail-ibuster." Communications Workers of America President Larry Cohen told Schultz that "we have to continue that fight."...
by Bill Scher | Jan 25, 2013 | Blog
To get House conservatives to capitulate on temporarily suspending the debt limit without securing any spending cuts, Boehner made a stunning pledge: the upcoming House budget would eliminate the deficit in 10 years. As a talking point, that sounds great. As a budget,...
by Bill Scher | Jan 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
MORNING MESSAGE: Progressives Fire Warning Shot Against Social Security Cuts OurFuture.org's Richard Eskow: "...The Hill reported Wednesday that Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., was considering using a special parliamentary maneuver to push a budget deal [including] the...
