by Bill Scher | Apr 26, 2011 | Blog, Rick Perlstein
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. MORNING MESSAGE: An Opposition...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 26, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
Only two budget proposals are being 'taken seriously' in Washington right now. One adopts the rhetoric of "austerity economics," that grab-bag of right-wing misconceptions that's weakened the British economy and wounded its ruling coalition. The other comes from the...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 25, 2011 | Blog
Thursday is a day of action. Last week I wrote about Don't Make Us Work 'Till We Die! There are Don't Make Us Work 'Till We Die! events this Thursday, April 28. Click here to find an event near you. The Strengthen Social Security campaign has launched Don't Make Us...
by Sam Pizzigati | Apr 25, 2011 | Blog
A consumer alert for soccer moms and doting granddads: Outrageous compensation rewards give corporate executives an incentive to behave outrageously — against you! The story behind the sad demise of a beloved camera. We’ve come to expect, here early in the 21st...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 22, 2011 | Blog
Note - see action updates below. Members of Congress are holding local town hall meetings now and into next week, and Republicans are hearing from constituents angry that they voted to privatize Medicare to pay for even more tax cuts for the rich and corporations....