by Richard Eskow | Jun 1, 2010 | Blog
President Obama's Department of Justice announced last week that there would be no indictments in the collapse of AIG, an event which led to a worldwide economic collapse and cost the American taxpayer trillions. As someone who once worked for AIG I was shocked, but...
by Terrance Heath | Jun 1, 2010 | Blog
The change agenda at America's Future NOW! REGISTER NOW for AFN 2010 Bob Herbert's latest New York Times column, "Our Epic Foolishness," could (and perhaps should) serve as the introduction to a book about how America got into the various messes we're in...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 1, 2010 | Blog
Washington politicians are convinced that the public is demanding cuts in spending, even over creating jobs and restoring the economy. This pressure comes because much of the public believes that "Obama tripled the deficit." This has been the right's drumbeat for over...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 1, 2010 | Blog
Bob Herbert in the NY Times today, If a bank is too big to fail, it’s way too big to exist. If an oil well is too far beneath the sea to be plugged when something goes wrong, it’s too deep to be drilled in the first place. When are we going to stop behaving so...
by Sara Robinson | May 31, 2010 | Blog
As I write this, it's Memorial Day down in the US. All over the country, the flags are flying and the high school bands are playing and the parades are queuing up. (So are the shoppers, hitting the sales at the mall.) And of course, it wouldn't be Memorial Day In...
by Richard Eskow | May 31, 2010 | Blog
Here's an audio clip of an appearance yesterday with Hannah-Beth Jackson on Santa Barbara progressive radio to discuss the current state of financial reform and what activists can do to influence the outcome: Hannah Beth Jackson 0530 edited I edited out about a minute...
