by Zach Carter | Nov 2, 2010 | Blog
Today is the first election in American history in which corporations have been allowed to spend their own money to buy political favors. This legalized corruption comes courtesy of the Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which...
by | Nov 2, 2010 | Blog, Economy, Minimum Wage
Moyers delivered this speech October 29, 2010, as part of the Howard Zinn Lecture Series at Boston University. I was honored when you asked me to join in celebrating Howard Zinn’s life and legacy. I was also surprised. I am a journalist, not a historian. The...
by Sam Pizzigati | Nov 2, 2010 | Blog
Let's try to get more precise. America's super rich aren't 'buying' our elections. They're making an 'investment' in prosperity. Their own. And so what have Americans learned from the now-concluded 2010 mid-term election campaign, aside from the existence of an Aqua...
by Alan Jenkins | Nov 2, 2010 | Blog
Whatever the results this Election Day, it’s clear that visionary progressive ideas will be less welcome at the start of the next Congress. And that’s saying something, given their track record in this Congress. But with that reality comes a new opportunity: the...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 1, 2010 | Blog
As an election strategy conservatives blocked or watered down everything they could that might help the economy, hoping voters would blame the President's party for job losses. Tomorrow we will learn if this strategy succeeded. But Wednesday can we start doing things...
