by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 2, 2008 | Blog
In the unsanitary sausage kitchen that is Congress, the bailout bill that the Senate approved Wednesday night is particularly ugly and smelly. Must vote-buying be so shameless in the midst of a serious financial crisis? We've focused a lot on what this bailout bill...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 1, 2008 | Blog, Minimum Wage
A new report released this week adds some statistical weight to what dismayed us about the media's performance during the 2008 primary debates: The media failed to engage the candidates in a meaningful discussion of the issues, but instead largely focused the...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 29, 2008 | Blog
The House has just voted down the $700 billion bailout bill. We have not yet seen the roll call, but the numbers suggest that a significant bloc within the Progressive Caucus on the left and the Republican Study Committee on the right held firm against the...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 29, 2008 | Blog
Whatever you think of the Wall Street bailout bill that was voted on in the House of Representatives today, there is one thing we all should agree on: Congress must take steps this week to help the working families who are being hurt by this economic downturn. Here's...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 28, 2008 | Blog
The pernicious lie that a law designed to increase lending to people of color and in lower-income neighborhoods played a key role in the financial meltdown in Wall Street won't go away, even though there's no evidence to support it. And now House conservatives are...
