by | Aug 24, 2011 | Blog, Economy
The following is an excerpt from AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka's address to the United Steelworkers' convention on August 17, 2011. Click here for the full transcript. Brothers and sisters, most of us in this hall still have the good fortune to live a middle-class...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 24, 2011 | Blog
Call it "Helpless President Lit." A recent Ezra Klein column is the latest in a growing genre which celebrates our Commander-in-Chief, not as a powerful leader, but as a perennial victim. It portrays him as someone who's powerless over other people's actions, and...
by Sam Pizzigati | Aug 23, 2011 | Blog
The latest sign that our staggering gap between the rich and everybody else is really messing up modern life? Even purveyors of fine art are now starting to feel irked about inequality. Want to get some cold stares at an art world cocktail party? Just jiggle the ice...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 23, 2011 | Blog
Hey here's a real dog bites man story for you: a really, really rich guy says to readers of billionaire Murdoch's Wall Street Journal that he "deeply resents" paying taxes and whines about how the government does things he doesn't like. This in response to Warren...
by Roger Hickey | Aug 23, 2011 | Blog
The United Steelworkers Union’s new video, “Fighting Spirit” inspires us all to mobilize and fight back against the big money and right-wing forces that are attacking the rights of working people. The video, released at the USW convention, August 15-18. It is now...
