by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 30, 2010 | Blog
You wouldn't know it from this past weekend's media coverage of Glenn Beck's effort to co-opt the message of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the site of his famous "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington, but there was a counterdemonstration that day that featured people...
by Sam Pizzigati | Aug 29, 2010 | Blog
'Soak the rich,' after years in the shadows, has suddenly become a policy option fit for discussion in 'respectable' media circles. At long last, we may be witnessing a fundamental paradigm shift in how we, as a society, talk about taxing the rich. Until this summer,...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 27, 2010 | Blog
Four prominent leaders of women's organizations held a conference call today, accompanied by Rep. Raul Grijalva, to demand the resignation of retired Sen. Alan Simpson as co-chair of the Deficit Commission. Their comments, together with a number of private...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 27, 2010 | Blog, Economy
When we pack up a factory here -- and all of its jobs and supply chain and its support/.maintenance structure -- and send it all over there to a country that doesn't have the wage and safety and environmental protections we have, just to save a bit of money today we...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 26, 2010 | Blog
Millions of Americans are struggling to survive in the ruins of a once-healthy economy. A bipartisan frenzy of bank deregulation led to this catastrophe, and the financial reform bill passed this year is only a first step toward repairing the damage. We should be...
