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...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 28, 2010 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Conservative policies have propelled us into a global race to the bottom. Conservatives can take pride: we're winning! "Free trade" -- moving factories across borders to evade the protections of democracy that generations of Americans fought for -- pits exploited...
by Bill Scher | Oct 28, 2010 | Blog
While many progressives have lamented the inability of the President and the congressional leadership to pass legislation capping greenhouse gas emission, few have recognized that the White House always had a Plan B for averting the climate crisis - the EPA. But if...
by Leo Gerard | Oct 28, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
The electorate is bitter and angry. It’s no wonder. Foreclosures rise while Wall Street bankers, whose recklessness caused this grave recession, grab million dollar bonuses. Unemployment is stuck at 9.5 percent, but corporations continue to ship jobs overseas. The...
by Zach Carter | Oct 28, 2010 | Blog
Corporate cash does funny things to people. Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) got into office by pledging to fight "special interests," but just a decade or so later, he's running one of the biggest special interest shows in Washington. It's easy to see the appeal. As the fancy...
