by Scott Hochberg | Apr 19, 2011 | Blog
Amidst the furor over Rep. Paul Ryan’s new budget proposal, advocates for strong retirement programs appear to be in a bind. On one hand, Ryan subjects Medicare and Medicaid to scathing cuts and a restructuring agenda so radical that they could no longer be called...
by Terrance Heath | Apr 19, 2011 | Blog
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore-- And then run? … ~ Langton Hughes, "Harlem" Whose Dream? Since Hughes wrote "Harlem" in 1951, literary critics have tried to identify the dream Hughes...
by Bill Scher | Apr 19, 2011 | Blog
Some House Republicans, like Rep. Michele Bachmann, are opposed to raising our debt limit under any circumstances. Others, including Speaker Boehner, says they will refuse to raise the debt limit unless the White House and Senate accept their proposed painful cuts on...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 19, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
It should have been the lead story from coast to coast: A bipartisan panel of senators, including some of that body's most conservative members, released a damning report that slammed bankers, regulators and ratings agencies—and they made it clear that they'd like to...
by Mary Bottari | Apr 19, 2011 | Blog
Tax Day was approaching and the righties were out to denigrate government workers and government spending. Sarah Palin, former Governor of Alaska, who quit her job in 2009, headlined a rally in Madison, Wisconsin, bought and paid for by the front-group [[Americans for...
by Scott Hochberg | Apr 18, 2011 | Blog
On Face the Nation this Sunday, Sen. Mark Warner was asked by host Bob Schieffer why his ‘Gang of Six’ would take on Social Security reform in their forthcoming budget proposal. His response reflected a commonly-held myth about Social Security’s history that greatly...
