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...
by Bill Scher | Apr 26, 2011 | Blog
Several Republican congresspeople have faced critical receptions at town halls in their home districts after voting for a budget that dismantles Medicare. But the media coverage is nothing like what we saw in August 2009 when much of the media treated lobbyist-backed...
by Terrance Heath | Apr 26, 2011 | Blog
"What do we think? What do we know? What can we prove?" That's a quote from "And the Band Played On," HBO's adaptation of Randy Shilts' book about the beginnings of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. It's the mantra of Centers for Disease Control...
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...
