by Richard Eskow | Jun 28, 2010 | Blog
I'm a big Dylan Ratigan fan, and I'm glad we have his voice on the airwaves. That's why it was unexpected to find myself presented as the voice of accommodation in contrast to his angrier tone, when The Huffington Post placed his post on the financial reform bill back...
by Roger Hickey | Jun 27, 2010 | Blog
On Saturday, the group known as America Speaks (funded by Wall Street mogul Peter G. Peterson and two other foundations) brought together several thousand people in meetings in 60 cities. They gave participants misleading background information about the Federal...
by Sam Pizzigati | Jun 27, 2010 | Blog
Progressives in the U.S. Senate have introduced a potent package of estate tax reforms that would, if enacted, start seriously trimming America's most super-sized hoards of private wealth. Back a hundred summers ago in 1910, former President Theodore Roosevelt —...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 26, 2010 | Blog
A letter-writer in my local paper today reaches the wrongest possible conclusion: Public, private workers live in different worlds The current issue of Time magazine includes a cover story on the increasing numbers of nearly bankrupt states and municipalities across...
by Richard Eskow | Jun 25, 2010 | Blog
The organizers of AmericaSpeaks, tomorrow's "town hall meeting"/media event designed to focus attention on budget-cutting, have issued a document called "Myths & Facts About AmericaSpeaks: Our Budget, Our Economy." A number of excellent pieces have already been...
by Richard Eskow | Jun 25, 2010 | Blog
The House and Senate have reached a deal and we have a financial reform deal. That means we will see significant improvements over the status quo as it existed yesterday. It also means we still haven't addressed the gravest risks to the economy. Most of all it means...
