by Sam Pizzigati | Mar 13, 2011 | Blog
Has Jim DeMint, the right-wing senator leading the assault on federal domestic spending, finally gone too far? His corporate executive benefactors may soon come to think so. Even hypocrites can sometimes have a point. Take Jim DeMint, for instance, the U.S. senator...
by Richard Eskow | Mar 11, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
Today we saw state troopers in Madison tearing peaceful protesters out of their own capitol after the Senate voted to deprive them of their rights. Video footage of that event should come with a label: Brought to you by the State of Wisconsin, a wholly owned...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 11, 2011 | Blog
Van Jones gave an inspirational closing talk at yesterday's the Summit On Jobs & America's Future in Washington D.C. Beginning by talking about the Tea Party movement and how that movement really points a path for progressives to feel encouraged instead of...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 11, 2011 | Blog
I was as the Summit on Jobs & America's Future yesterday, so I didn't get to hear Keith Ellison's testimony at Rep. Peter King's hearing on "Islamic radicalization." Instead, I heard Ellison speak eloquently at the summit about the the "jobs and...
by Leo Gerard | Mar 11, 2011 | Blog
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and his crew of country club conservatives this week brutalized the nation’s democratic traditions to secure legislation demanded by big corporations and billionaire conservative financiers like the Koch brothers – legislation stripping...
by Robert Borosage | Mar 11, 2011 | Blog, Economy
The following was originally published in Politico ‘America is broke.” “Government’s on a spending spree.” “Real deficit reduction requires taking on entitlements.” The delusions and distortions are so widespread the truth...
