by Terrance Heath | Sep 27, 2010 | Blog
I am not a burned down house. Like millions of Americans, I have a "pre-existing condition." But I am not a "burned down house", as Mike Huckabee and those who applauded his recent statement seem, to think. When Republicans attack health care reform, Democrats like to...
by Zach Carter | Sep 27, 2010 | Blog
I agree with everything Paul Krugman has to say about Max Abelson's excellent run-down of the Wall Street whinery, but his critique stops a little too short. Abelson's piece emphasizes that Wall Street isn't really upset about any policies the Obama administration has...
by Robert Borosage | Sep 27, 2010 | Blog, Economy
Over 300 economists and policy analysts just released a statement warning the Congress and the Administration that bold action is needed to put people to work and get the economy going. The statement—Don't Kill Jobs and Growth in the Name of Deficit Reduction—was...
by Zach Carter | Sep 27, 2010 | Blog
Larry Summers is out, and President Barack Obama now faces a critical decision. He can focus on policy, naming a replacement who wants to ease the economic strains on American households, or he can focus on politics, naming a candidate who appeases the corporate...
by Bill Scher | Sep 27, 2010 | Blog
The following was published by the Barry Kendall of the Progressive Ideas Network, summarizing the panel discussion I participated in while at Netroots Nation 2010. At this year’s Netroots Nation convention in Las Vegas, I moderated a panel called “Think...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 27, 2010 | Blog, Economy
Less than a week after the U.S. Census Bureau reported record levels of poverty in the United States, congressional leaders have informed members of a progressive jobs coalition that there will not be a vote before the November elections on a jobs program for...
