by Richard Eskow | Feb 14, 2013 | Minimum Wage
A State of the Union address is always important. It's the president's opportunity to tell the nation what he or she plans to do in the coming year. But what the history books say about this year's speech may also depend what we do in the weeks and months to come. In...
by Richard Eskow | Feb 12, 2013 | Financial Reform
On Wednesday the Senate Finance Committee will hear from Jack Lew, the President nominee for Treasury Secretary. If confirmed, Lew will succeed the controversial Tim Geithner. While Lew would not be taking office during a grave systemic crisis, as Geithner did,...
by Richard Eskow | Feb 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
On Wednesday the Senate Finance Committee will hear from Jack Lew, the President's pick as Treasury Secretary, who will succeed the controversial Tim Geithner if confirmed. While Lew wouldn't be taking office during a grave systemic crisis the way Geithner did, it...
by Richard Eskow | Feb 12, 2013 | Economy
"Reviving his populist re-election message," says the Washington Post about tonight's State of the Union speech, "President Barack Obama will press a politically-divided Congress to approve more tax increases and fewer spending cuts." Messages like that are always...
by Richard Eskow | Feb 10, 2013 | Blog
Archaeologists of the future will sift through our newspapers, websites, and other ephemera and marvel at the inverted shape of our political debate. They'll be particularly surprised to discover that, at a time when retirement security was being destroyed for an...
