by Eric Lotke | Aug 6, 2010 | Blog
Today’s new unemployment report contains no news, just decimal point changes. It tells us what we already know, that times are bad. The question is whether our great nation can rise to the challenge. Unemployment remains unchanged at 9.5 percent, with 14.6 million...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 5, 2010 | Blog
The Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission have broad powers to root out and punish financial fraud. The Interagency Financial Fraud Task Force, formed last November, is an Obama-era innovation that enhances the government's ability to track...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 5, 2010 | Blog
teworthy that the right-wing reaction to U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker's ruling against California's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage is not based on coherent, substantive and scientific arguments about the impact of gay marriage on society. Rather,...
by Bill Scher | Aug 5, 2010 | Blog
Today, the President visited his third American auto plants in recent weeks, highlighting the fact that all three major American automakers are now profitable after government intervention and restructuring of the industry. Also today, the Medicare trustees reported...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 5, 2010 | Blog
Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees today released their report on the Status of the Social Security and Medicare Programs. Here is what it says: Social Security Just Fine Until At Least 2037 The summary of the report says, "The financial outlook for...
by Zach Carter | Aug 5, 2010 | Blog
Financial giants have figured out yet another way to profit from fraud. After devastating communities across the country with shady subprime loans, the mortgage industry has launched a new assault on America's neighborhoods. Big banks are now outsourcing their...
