by Robert Borosage | Jun 29, 2011 | Blog
On Monday, Sen. Bernie Sanders committed common sense on the floor of the U.S. Senate. It's amazing that he wasn't cited for an ethics violation. Sanders called on the president to leave the Beltway, go across the country and talk sense to the American people about...
by Robert Borosage | Jun 27, 2011 | Blog
It was an accident of scheduling, but call it fate. As President Obama was meeting with 600 major donors from the gay and lesbian community in New York to raise money for his re-election campaign, three blocks away, Van Jones and the driving beat of the The...
by Robert Borosage | Jun 14, 2011 | Blog, Economy, Minimum Wage
"It's an employer's world," said Rebecca Penny, a 55-year-old widow who was laid off over a year ago from her job at a Chevrolet plant in Tennessee. "I lost my benefits the night I was laid off. Now I can't afford medicine. And I can only find minimum...
by Robert Borosage | Jun 14, 2011 | Blog
Yesterday on MSNBC in a segment titled "Is Obama Too Focused On Wall Street," Robert Borosage responded to questions about the President's pursuit of campaign contributions from Wall Street, and if it necessarily has to impact our economic policy. Visit msnbc.com for...
by Robert Borosage | Jun 14, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
The following is an oped published in USA Today, rebutting the paper's editorial stance against additional stimulus. You can read the editorial board's case here. Twenty-five million people are in need of full-time work. This is a human, social and economic calamity;...