by Richard Eskow | Dec 16, 2014 | Blog, Financial Reform
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KytY-uXUnok] Sen. Bernie Sanders (audio) with Richard Eskow No sooner had the infamous “Citigroup amendment” been added to a vital spending measure than the warnings began. One of the first was from Rob Blackwell, writing in...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 15, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision
Last week Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) warned that “the House of Representatives is about to show us the worst of government for the rich and powerful.” They promptly did, and the Senate quickly followed suit. We are now at greater risk of another derivatives-based...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 11, 2014 | Blog, Economy, Financial Reform
It sounds like one of those fundraising emails Democratic groups kept sending out during the last election season, warning of imminent impeachment and other inflated threats: “Listen, I'm pleading.” “CRUSHING blow.” “Disaster.” “Kiss all hope goodbye.” “SHOCKING...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 9, 2014 | Blog, Financial Reform
It's been six years since Wall Street's recklessness and criminal fraud caused trillions of dollars in economic damage and nearly shattered the global economy. The 2008 financial crisis opened millions of Americans' eyes to the widespread corruption and mismanagement...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 4, 2014 | Blog
Death, like life, occurs within an interconnected web of forces. Eric Garner died at a specific place and time, but he was drawn there by those larger unseen forces. So was the officer who took his life. One of them never left. The neighborhood where Eric Garner died...
