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...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 30, 2010 | Blog
If you haven't already noticed, there is a corporate/conservative campaign underway to convince the public that public employees are living high on the taxpayer's dime and should have their pay and pensions cut back. Even during the holidays this attack does not let...
by Robert Borosage | Dec 28, 2010 | Blog, Making it in America
Beware of conservatives bearing gifts. Today in the Washington Post, former Bush policy advisor, Michael Gerson echoes a growing chorus of conservatiuve pundits offering up "Social Security reform" as "the answer to Obama's problems." The advice is illogical on its...
