by David Shuster | Jan 2, 2011 | Blog
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by Sam Pizzigati | Jan 2, 2011 | Blog, Economy
A widely overlooked provision in last month's tax cut deal is going to speed even more wealth to America's Paris Hilton set. Brace yourselves, young people. In 2011, you figure to face a real stinker of a year. Those of you attending America's budget-strapped public...
by Robert Borosage | Jan 2, 2011 | Blog
Nicholas Kristof has important piece in NYT, entitled Equality, A True Soul Food He summarizes the striking work that shows how corrosive extreme inequality is not simply to society, but to the health of individuals themselves.Extreme Inequality, he writes, feeds a...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 1, 2011 | Blog
Happy New Year! We've created a morning-after slideshow at The Huffington Post: "Choose the Year's Most Absurd Comment From a "Financial Wizard." Head on over there and cast your vote. The competition's fierce. (link)
by Richard Eskow | Dec 31, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
Bankers. The red carpet's still being rolled out for them in Washington, but if there's a stain on it they'll pout for days. Jason Linkins documents the latest set of cheap white whines from very wealthy white men. (Discrimination lawsuits are a routine part of their...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 30, 2010 | Blog
The right's propaganda machine begins with a simple narrative, repeats it endlessly, and then ties current events to the narrative to drive the point home. The corporate/conservative right are currently working a narrative that public employees and their unions are...