by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 17, 2011 | Blog
When Martin Luther King Jr. gave the sermon at the National Cathedral in Washington on March 31, 1968 to highlight the Poor People's Campaign he was organizing for later that spring, unemployment was hovering just under 7 percent—for African Americans. The nationwide...
by Sam Pizzigati | Jan 16, 2011 | Blog
New governors in New York and California seem hell-bent on delivering a knockout blow to America's most historic social contribution, the mass middle class. A bit over a half century ago, in the years right after World War II, the United States delivered up onto the...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 15, 2011 | Blog
Watch as GOP Rep. Jim Renacci (OH) is confronted at a local town hall meeting, asked what the heck he thinks he is doing saying he will vote to repeal the health care reform law. Renacci replies that he and fellow Republicans campaigned on reversing the "half a...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 15, 2011 | Blog
Note: See also Isaiah Poole's We Need An Unemployed People's Campaign Why don't we all have a right to a job? Who is our country and our economy for? The first three words of our Constitution provide us with a hint: "We, the People." There are millions of people out...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 14, 2011 | Blog
In an open letter to the President this week, Sen. Bernie Sanders mentioned "worriesome reports" that the President is planning to cut Social Security. These reports don't come out of the blue. They're the culmination of a months-long campaign. The White House has...
by Robert Borosage | Jan 14, 2011 | Blog
Central to the Tea Party revolt was a fierce reaction against the bailout of the big banks. Will the Republican Congress now spit that sentiment in the eye and push through another bailout, this time by overturning centuries of property law and nationalizing what has...
