by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 29, 2010 | Blog
African-American voters are once again in a pivotal position to decide on November 2 who controls the House of Representatives, and by extension whether the economic damage done to African American families in the past decade will be repaired in the foreseeable...
by Bill Scher | Oct 29, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
No matter what happens on Tuesday, progressives will not have unfettered control of Washington, just as we have not the last two years, the last decade, the decade before that, or the decade before that. We will have to fight for more change. The question is: who will...
by Bill Scher | Oct 28, 2010 | Blog
Potentially overlooked in yesterday's blogger roundtable with President Obama is his response to the question "Will you rule out raising the retirement age to 70?" House Minority Leader John Boehner has explicitly backed the proposal, and a raise in the retirement age...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 28, 2010 | Blog
Polls show that a significant number of people who might be on "our side" are not going to bother to vote. Some are even switching sides. The big corporations and right-wing billionaires are spending millions upon millions of dollars bombarding them with propaganda on...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 28, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
The current debate over foreclosure fraud has been a revelation, even for those of us who have become familiar with the power of moneyed interests to influence the national dialog. Despite overwhelming evidence of widespread lawbreaking and deception, there's still a...
