by Sara Robinson | Oct 22, 2010 | Blog
In August 2009, I wrote a piece titled Fascist America: Are We There Yet? that sparked much discussion on both the left and right ends of the blogosphere. In it, I argued that -- according to the best scholarship on how fascist regimes emerge -- America was on a path...
by Bill Scher | Oct 22, 2010 | Blog
It's been 20 months since Barack Obama was inaugurated, and five years since George Bush's attempt to privatize Social Security were completely rejected by the public. How have conservatives reacted to their decades-long futile attempt to destroy the popular pillar of...
by Bill Scher | Oct 21, 2010 | Blog
Yesterday, the White House released another sharp "White House Whiteboard" video featuring economic advisor Austan Goolsbee clearly explaining how the Recovery Act and additional legislation successfully blunted the recession and put us back on the path of positive...
by Bill Scher | Oct 21, 2010 | Blog
Are you progressive? Young? Person of color? Well, then the pollsters say you are not a "likely voter." And the media thinks if you are not a pollster-approved "likely voter" – even though the pollsters themselves can't agree what exactly makes you a pollster-approved...
by Zach Carter | Oct 20, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
Foreclosure fraud is ruffling a lot of feathers on Wall Street, and while the full scope of losses remains unclear, even major banks are now acknowledging that this is a multi-billion-dollar disaster, not just a set of minor paperwork headaches. So how bad will it get...
by Zach Carter | Oct 20, 2010 | Blog
The so-called “centrists” at Third Way Foundation have come out against a national foreclosure moratorium, but like many of Third Way’s policies, there’s nothing centrist about their opposition. Third Way is simply throwing American homeowners under the bus in the...
