by Robert Borosage | Apr 28, 2011 | Blog
The first quarter growth figures—annual growth of 1.8% during the first three months of the year—are an ominous reminder of the reality that Washington has forgotten. This economy is in trouble. For most Americans, the recession has not ended. Growth is...
by Leo Gerard | Apr 28, 2011 | Blog
The Clearwater Paper Corp. in Lewistown, Idaho chose the king cobra to symbolize its workplace safety program. A cobra. One of the deadliest snakes on the planet. Every day on his way to and from work at Clearwater, John Bergen III drove past a billboard in the...
by Jeff Bryant | Apr 28, 2011 | Blog, Education
To all those out there who are clamoring for "market-based" approaches to education reform, please tell me this: What kind of a business slashes inventory in the face of increasing demand? Because that is exactly what's going on with public education in America today....
by Richard Eskow | Apr 28, 2011 | Blog
Ben Bernanke's voice has been known to put humans into a trance even under the best of circumstances, and I was under the influence of a fever and some cold medications. Still, other observers reported a similar reaction to my own. The Fed Chair's press conference...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 27, 2011 | Blog
Some House Republicans are responding to the outrage over their vote in favor of turning Medicare into a private insurance racket in sadly predictable fashion, reports The Huffington Post's Sam Stein: They're ducking tough questions from their constituents. But Senate...
by Terrance Heath | Apr 27, 2011 | Blog
OK. I think I understand why he did it. At first I didn't think Obama's release of his long form birth certificate would do him much good. But now I'm beginning to think the president knows exactly what he's doing, how it could help him, and how it can potentially...
