by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 22, 2011 | Blog, Minimum Wage
There is no "Texas miracle" for workers and job-seekers. There is a Texas mirage, painted vividly by conservatives and being sold as the real deal by arch-conservative Texas governor Rick Perry, who may in a few days declare his intent to run for the Republican...
by Richard Eskow | Jun 22, 2011 | Blog
t's one of modern political life's strange ironies that defending Social Security and Medicare is considered an "old people's issue." Old people are doing just fine with these programs, thank you very much -- at least so far. Anti-government hawks like Alan Simpson...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 21, 2011 | Blog
Did you hear the story about the group of millionaires who called a press conference Monday and called on Congress to levy higher taxes on them? I didn't think so. On a day in which we were treated with TMI about a New York congressman's errant self portraits, the...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 21, 2011 | Blog
A government agency is blocked from functioning by obstructionist, party-over-country, Republican Senators. The President makes recess appointments to get government functioning again and the agency starts doing its job. The result: working people are protected. Today...