by Dave Johnson | Oct 14, 2010 | Blog
I am in Flint, Michigan today, getting ready to drive down to Jackson for this evening's "Keep It Made In America" Town Hall. Flint has been through it and has come out the other end. Now the rest of us are going through what Flint has been going through. Many people...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 14, 2010 | Blog
Heard the one about the Social Security Trust Fund that holds nothing but "IOUs"? That phony claim goes back to at least 1939, when a rabidly anti-Roosevelt journalist named John T. Flynn used a colorful analogy about a tin box in a drawer in order to argue that...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 14, 2010 | Blog
Appeared on the Jaco Report on Fox News in St. Louis. We had a good talk about foreclosure fraud, the "automated greed factories," and the dead soul of modern banking: Richard Eskow Jaco St Louis Fox 10-13-10
by Terrance Heath | Oct 14, 2010 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Here's another reason to vote in the mid-term elections this November: Conservatives think you need a pay cut. As I've said once or twice before, conservatives' bottom line message is simple: America has economic problems because too many people have had it good for...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 14, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
Populist Anger And The Midterm Elections View more presentations from OurFuture.org. There are still ways for progressive candidates to win the support of working-class, blue-collar candidates, even in today's particularly hostile campaign environment, according to...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 13, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform, Making it in America
Editor's Note: We're publishing a series of "Making Sense" fact sheets on key economic issues to help you win the debate on the core issues facing middle-class families. Each fact sheet contains information, talking points and resources you can use to make the case...
