by Dave Johnson | Oct 4, 2010 | Blog
Is there a currency war going on? Yes, it has been going on for some time. It's up to China to end it. China has taken a number of steps over recent years to boost and “protect” its economy, building industries and providing badly-needed jobs. Good for them. But they...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 4, 2010 | Blog
Thomas Friedman, in a Sunday's NYTimes op-ed, Third Party Rising, looks at our country's political gridlock, gets is partially correct, then reaches the wrong conclusions. Friedman notes that DC is broken, can't get a crucially-needed energy bill and other important...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 1, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
All the major banking institutions say the right things about race and equality. They all have diversity programs. A few financial industry leaders, like Robert Rubin and Jamie Dimon, even support socially liberal causes. Yet the banking industry covertly uses payday...
by Terrance Heath | Oct 1, 2010 | Blog, Economy
Conservatives in Congress just fired 240,000 American workers. Conservatives in Congress just killed 240,000 jobs. Conservatives in Congress just essentially added 240,000 more Americans to the ranks of the unemployed. However you frame it, people who want to work and...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 1, 2010 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Does the corporate-sponsored Tea Party speak for you? Or are we One Nation, Working Together? One Nation Working Together For Jobs, Justice and Education for All. How can you not agree with that? How can you not demand that Washington hear this, and get going on...
