by Sam Pizzigati | Jun 13, 2010 | Blog
An emergency 1 percent 'wealth tax' on the nation's richest 1 percent could raise enough revenue to keep all our teachers on the job and libraries open. But our dysfunctional political system can't even raise that possibility. Last year may have been the worst year,...
by Richard Eskow | Jun 11, 2010 | Blog
Feel free to read Dana Milbank if that sort of thing appeals to you, but don't imagine for a minute that you're learning anything. That would be like studying the French Revolution by reading Marie Antoinette's cake recipes. The Milbank school of journalism - which at...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 11, 2010 | Blog
After all this time China is still manipulating its currency, the Obama administration is still not able to get them to change, their exports are still rising relative to the rest of the world, global imbalances are still bubbling out of control, jobs are still being...
by Bill Scher | Jun 11, 2010 | Blog
If you thought one of the biggest oil spills in history would automatically propel strong legislation to cap carbon emissions and avert a climate crisis, think again. Democratic Senate leaders beat back a conservative attempt to kneecap the EPA's ability to regulate...
by Eric Lotke | Jun 10, 2010 | Blog, Making it in America
The Campaign for America's Future’s America’s Future Now! conference just finished. It revealed a remarkable unity of vision, and a careful balance in troubled times. Progressives came together and credited President Obama and the Congressional Democrats for...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 10, 2010 | Blog
The United Steelworkers (USW) and the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) today announced a a joint ‘Framework Agreement’ to create a 'Partnership for Progress' to accelerate the development and deployment of wind energy manufacturing in the U.S. Denise Bode, CEO...
