by Robert Borosage | Feb 7, 2011 | Blog
Check out the Eminem Chrysler Superbowl Ad: The Motor City, with moxie
by Bill Scher | Feb 7, 2011 | Blog
President Barack Obama addresses the U.S. Chamber of Commerce today. In a preview of his remarks, the Washington Post reports that infrastructure investment will be a "likely point of focus for Obama" as it is a "rare point of agreement between business and labor."...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 6, 2011 | Blog
DEMOCRACYPLUTOCRACY We, the PeopleWealthy Few One Person One VoteOne Dollar One Vote GovernmentLimited Government MajoritySupermajority InformationPropaganda Taxes on the WealthyTax Cuts for the Wealthy BudgetsBudget Cuts Jobs programsBank Bailouts WelfareWarfare...
by Sam Pizzigati | Feb 6, 2011 | Blog
Wall Streeters made fortunes, the new official report on America's 2008 economic meltdown charges, defrauding the American public. They're still making fortunes — and this new official report is already sinking out of sight. A quarter-century ago, in 1986, the biggest...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 4, 2011 | Blog, Economy, Making it in America
Today's monthly jobs report was odd. There were few new jobs, but the unemplopyment rate dropped again as even more people gave up looking for work. This month they blame the weather for the lack of government action on job-creation or helping state and local...
by Richard Eskow | Feb 4, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke held a press conference today, and my friend Pete is holding a Super Bowl party this Sunday. This is the second year in a row that the Big Game will feature two pre-expansion teams, franchises with names that would've been...