by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 10, 2011 | Blog
Ignore the chest-thumping from the right following the Wisconsin recall elections Tuesday night. The fact that Democratic challengers prevailed in two of the six races, and came within less than 1,100 votes of unseating a third in a race where almost 51,000 votes were...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 9, 2011 | Blog
This morning Wisconsin voters will stream to the polls in a historic recall election that pits defenders of working people against six incumbents who backed a right-wing legislative assault on workers. It is not too late to give those working-class fighters a massive...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 5, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Today's jobs report from the Labor Department should not be spun as positive, even though at a net increase of 117,000 jobs it is better than the Wall Street consensus. While the White House may breathe a sign of relief that the numbers were not lower, one fundamental...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 2, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Even Wall Street today rendered an unexpectedly brutal verdict on the passage of the deficit-reduction deal signed off on by President Obama and congressional leadership. Today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 265 points, falling below 12,000. The...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 31, 2011 | Blog
As House Speaker John Boehner today was busy getting his "asses" in line behind a horrific piece of budget legislation that would kill jobs and heighten the economic insecurity of millions of Americans, several hundred demonstrators gathered at the U.S....
