by Richard Eskow | Jul 19, 2010 | Blog
A disturbing pattern seems to be forming in Washington: Evidence of financial wrongdoing leads to financial settlements with large banking institutions, but with no apparent move to indict the individuals responsible. AIG agreed to the largest settlements in history,...
by Robert Borosage | Jul 19, 2010 | Blog
They forget to dance with those that brung them Consider the current tempest about the “poisonous relations” between Obama and business. Former Clintonista Roger Altman, a Democratic investment banker, offers advice on how to mend the fences to both sides of the...
by Robert Borosage | Jul 19, 2010 | Blog
They’d rather switch than fight. Consider. Elizabeth Warren, brilliant Harvard Law Professor, stalwart defender of America’s beleagued middle class, championed the Consumer Financial Protection Agency as essential to protecting consumers from financial fraud and...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 19, 2010 | Blog
Today's image from the Rose Garden was a potent one: President Obama, standing with three of America's long-term jobless, calling on Congress to end the Republican filibuster of unemployment benefits and calling out Senate conservatives for their hypocrisy. In today's...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 19, 2010 | Blog, Economy, Making it in America
Will you be at Netroots Nation in Las Vegas later this week? I will be on a panel, The 2010 Elections: Channeling the Power of Jobs, Populism and the Angry Voter, Thursday at 10:30am. Come on by and attend the panel! Here is the complete description: The 2010...
by Leo Gerard | Jul 19, 2010 | Blog
A brutal competition pits worker against worker continually now in this country. Five unemployed people vie with each other for each available job. It’s like a cruel game of musical chairs, with five desperate competitors for one seat. Workers who’ve lost cars to...
