by Richard Eskow | Nov 4, 2014 | Blog, Democracy
[fve]http://youtu.be/9kIfLigGGyk?list=UUcnNWp-tx3-FaCWV4pMFTAg[/fve] Here's an interview with CAF's very own Roger Hickey on the importance of this election, the factors shaping it, and what we've seen (and haven't seen) that have brought us to this point. Hickey also...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 4, 2014 | Blog
A personal note: Tonight I'll joining the live election-night television coverage from The Young Turks with Cenk Uygur. I'll be on the air from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Eastern time (5-8 p.m. Pacific). For those who aren't familiar with the show, Wikipedia describes it...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 3, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
[fve]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjnoMEPKqj8[/fve] Richard Eskow and Thom Hartmann discuss the “Caucus Room” conspiracy and the 2014 elections. On the eve of the 2014 elections, it’s important to remember that Republicans have been deliberately sabotaging both the...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 30, 2014 | Blog, Democracy
As Election Day approaches, two reports show us exactly how corrupted our political system has become. Unless voters come out in force, it looks like corporate money is about to buy itself another house of Congress. The Wall Street Journal analyzed filings from the...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 29, 2014 | Blog
Originally published in Alternet A recent poll showed that more than half of all people in this country don’t believe that the American dream is real. Fifty-nine percent of those polled in June agreed that “the American dream has become impossible for most people to...