by Alan Jenkins | Aug 8, 2011 | Blog
The President has shown a talent for slowly but surely moving public opinion in the right direction on crucial policy points, then inexplicably giving those points away to his political opponents for little or nothing in return. According to last month’s Gallup poll,...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 8, 2011 | Blog
There's been a great deal of complaining today about Standard & Poor's downgrade of the US government's creditworthiness, but the time for talking about credit rating agencies is long past. There are four steps that can be taken now to end the rating corporations'...
by Robert Borosage | Aug 8, 2011 | Blog
Global economic turmoil is getting worse. Europe’s financial crisis now imperils Spain and Italy. The folly of premature austerity savages economies in Great Britain, Europe and, increasingly, the United States. China and the emerging economies are slowing down. This...
by Sam Pizzigati | Aug 6, 2011 | Blog
The American political system isn't working for average Americans anymore. Don't blame the Tea Party, new political science research suggests. Blame inequality. In a sensible republic, democratically elected leaders come together in a respectful give-and-take to...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 6, 2011 | Blog
It's beginning to look like there's an economic shipwreck dead ahead. That plunging stock market is the wealthy passengers, trampling the children as they rush headlong toward the lifeboats. The nation's capital, the bridge of our ship of state, lies abandoned. The...
