by Richard Eskow | Apr 21, 2011 | Blog
Historians of the future may one day write that the death of the New Deal began this year. If so, it goes without saying that corrupt forces like the Chamber of Commerce will be a big part of the story. So will billionaire ideologues like Pete Peterson, and greedy...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 20, 2011 | Blog
It's almost like they had a plan. The right-wing has been trying to dismantle the New Deal since its inception, but after decades of failure it's found a new path to success. They're already persuaded quite a few Democrats to support the first steps toward dismantling...
by Terrance Heath | Apr 20, 2011 | Blog
Langston Hughes once asked, "What happens to a dream deferred?"; a rhetorical question answered with still more questions. The current economic crisis raises a similar question: What's happened to the American Dream? According to a recent survey, less than...
by Bill Scher | Apr 20, 2011 | Blog
Today on ABC's Good Morning America, House Tea Party Caucus founder Rep. Michele Bachmann explicitly voiced what many conservatives only mutter under their breath. She's for raising taxes ... just only on the poor and the middle-class. When asked by ABC's George...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 19, 2011 | Blog, Making it in America
Donald Trump is getting traction. He is talking about trade, jobs, China, manufacturing, China, jobs, China and China -- and it is resonating with a public sick of being told to ignore what they can see in front of their faces. "Nobody, other than OPEC, is ripping off...
