by Zach Carter | Dec 8, 2010 | Blog
Kevin Drum gives a pretty thorough analysis of President Obama’s open assault on the mainstream Democratic Party at yesterday’s press conference, and declares that “programmatic liberalism is dead.” I think that’s more than a little exaggerated, but regardless, it’s...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 7, 2010 | Blog
The deal is done - regarding tax cuts and unemployment benefits extensions — and while we all have a stake in it, most of us won't get anything of long-term value out of it. Least of all the 99ers — the people who have received benefits for 99 weeks, or...
by Robert Borosage | Dec 7, 2010 | Blog
The deal is down. Liberals irate. The press trolling for firebrand denunciations of the president. So it is worth noting the obvious that could otherwise be lost in the noise. This was a negotiation in which the wealthiest Americans were represented by a unified...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Dec 6, 2010 | Blog
While much of the media focuses on who wins and loses on Capitol Hill in the battle over extending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, the numbers of people who are the ultimate losers—unemployed people who have exhausted their unemployment benefits—keep...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 6, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
I don't hate Jamie Dimon. He's smart and hard-working, and undoubtedly wants to believe that his work contributes to society. But his bank continues to harm millions of Americans, and his political activism is helping an entire industry pilfer and endanger the...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 6, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform, Making it in America
Are the Main Street Tea Party members getting "played" by Wall Street and big-corporate billionaires? There is a big, big, big difference between what the regular members and the big-money funders expect. If Tea Party candidates get elected will they do what their...
