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...
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...
