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....
by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 22, 2011 | Blog
Just in time for Easter, the movie version of "Atlas Shrugged" is poised to be shown in an expanding number of theaters. And, as Ayn Rand would be the first to admit, you could not set up a sharper clash of world views. There is Jesus Christ, who, the apostle Paul...
by Terrance Heath | Apr 22, 2011 | Blog
What happens to a dream deferred? …Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode? ~ Langston Hughes, "Harlem" Dreams figure prominently in the poetry of Langston Hughes; not just in "Harlem," but poems like "Dreams" and...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 22, 2011 | Blog
Suddenly Washington is filled with proposals for 'debt triggers,' policy devices that would force spending cuts if arbitrary targets aren't met in the future. Everybody's either got one or wants one: the President, the Republicans, the Gang of Six, and all the usual...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 21, 2011 | Blog
There was a time on this country when We, the People were in charge, and our government worked for us. Through our government we did things for each other and for our economy, and when we had economic success we paid back toward more such investment. Things are...
