by Richard Eskow | Nov 4, 2013 | Blog
"To a hammer," the old saying says, "everything looks like a nail." And to the Beltway insiders who push corporate-friendly "bipartisanship," every election proves that voters really want to be governed by an amalgam of elites from both parties. For some reason they...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 3, 2013 | Blog
Joshua Holland of BillMoyers.com offers an important counterpoint to today's slanted political dialogue with his new essay on “the high cost of low taxes." This hidden cost needs to become the center of our public debate. Washington’s obsession with tax cuts and...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 31, 2013 | Financial Reform
The Senate’s role in presidential nominations is usually described as “advise and consent,” not “obstruct and prevent.” And yet, continuing their extreme break with past Senatorial traditions and practice, Senate Republicans rejected another Presidential nomination on...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 28, 2013 | Budget Talks
The House-Senate budget negotiations, scheduled to begin on Wednesday, are an opportunity for our leaders to finally have a meaningful discussion about healing our damaged economy. That's the discussion Washington should have been having all along, but which it hasn't...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 26, 2013 | Blog
A broad coalition of organizations, including the Campaign for America's Future and Social Security Works, is joining Sen. Bernie Sanders in a petition drive to resist cuts to Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare. It only takes a few moments to sign; it's that easy....
