by Isaiah J. Poole | May 19, 2011 | Blog
The kind of fights that were waged in the 1960s to ensure that African Americans had equal access to the right to vote have to be fought again today for millions of voters across the country. INTERVIEW Tova Wang of Demos disusses the impact of conservative-led voter...
by Richard Eskow | May 18, 2011 | Blog
When it comes to the economy, America's newspapers may be failing their readers. A new report by the National Journal confirms that our major papers have dramatically decreased their coverage of the country's enormous unemployment problem, while at the same time...
by Dave Johnson | May 18, 2011 | Blog
Here is how our government works as we transition into the post-democracy era. Against the express wishes of The American Majority DC’s elite are getting ready to finalize “trade” treaties designed to move American jobs out of the country. This pits American workers,...
by Terrance Heath | May 18, 2011 | Blog
It really shouldn't come as a surprise that Republican Senators voted to protect oil subsidies — along with Democrats Mark Begich, Ben Nelson — and Mary Landrieu after getting big money from Big Oil. (How big? See here.) On Tuesday night, Republicans in the Senate...
by Richard Eskow | May 17, 2011 | Blog
The word for today is "choice," not "crisis." It's time to stop saying the country "can't afford" Medicare, Social Security, or other programs that benefit the middle class. If I told my mother that I "can't mow the lawn" or "I can't do all that homework" when I was a...
by Dave Johnson | May 17, 2011 | Blog
America's infrastructure is crumbling, hurting our competitiveness as other countries spend hundreds of billions. The Chamber of Commerce claims it supports spending on infrastructure. President Obama should call them on it because a majority of the public supports...
