by Robert Borosage | Oct 13, 2011 | Blog
Wall Street’s excesses blew up the economy. Now the question is who pays to clean up the mess. And across the country, our children are already paying part of the bill – as their schools are hit with deep budget cuts. A new report – Starving America’s...
by Robert Borosage | Oct 12, 2011 | Blog
The Republican debate on the economy was staged in New Hampshire, but quickly descended into a netherworld of Republican ideological cant. Each candidate brought the idiosyncratic traits we’re learning to expect. Gingrich blustered about throwing Chris Dodd and Barney...
by Robert Borosage | Oct 7, 2011 | Blog, Economy
The September 2011 jobs numbers continue to send an SOS to Washington to act now on jobs. This economy verges on another downturn. The few jobs being created are not sufficient even to employ the new people coming into workforce, much less to begin to reduce the 25...
by Robert Borosage | Sep 28, 2011 | Blog
On Monday's "The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann", Robert Borosage discussed the need for an independent progressive movement to wrest power from the entrenched financial interests that obstruct transformational change, and how that movement will come together at the...
by Robert Borosage | Sep 27, 2011 | Blog, Economy, Financial Reform
Co-written with Katrina vanden Heuvel. Originally published at The Nation. On October 3 activists from across the country will gather in Washington at the Take Back the American Dream conference, in the belief that only a citizens movement can save an American dream...
