by Richard Eskow | Apr 27, 2011 | Blog
Regulatory agencies exist to protect the public, not the corporations they regulate. The head of the Office of Comptroller of the Currency doesn't seem to understand that. But that's not why John Walsh needs to resign. The OCC was created to stabilize the economy,...
by Greg Colvin | Apr 26, 2011 | Blog
Among those who feel the only way to overcome the Citizens United decision, which opened the door to unlimited corporate spending on elections, is to amend the U.S. Constitution, the question on everyone’s mind is: “So what’s the language?” I offered a version of my...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 26, 2011 | Blog
In Washington state workers are allowed to organize and form unions so they can win good wages and benefits. In "right-to-work" states like South Carolina, though, the government sides with big companies against their workers. (They used to have even harsher...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 26, 2011 | Blog
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Benton Harbor, Mich., is a small community of about 10,000 people that has had big problems for decades. It's a virtually all-black town where the median income is less than $17,500 and the...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 26, 2011 | Blog, Economy
There is a deficit of jobs AND the deficit is jobs. The public is so much smarter than the geniuses in DC. Washington talks about the deficit but the public knows that the deficit is jobs. That huge deficit jump to over a trillion that happened in Bush's last budget...
