by Richard Eskow | May 22, 2010 | Blog
Momentum is building for putting a historic conference between the House and Senate online and on live television, as they debate the future of financial reform. This is the time to contact Senators and Representatives to support this critical step toward open...
by Leo Gerard | May 21, 2010 | Blog
BP, Massey Energy and Tesoro all have hauled out plaques celebrating safety achievements to deflect allegations of corporate recklessness in the aftermath of explosions in April that killed 47 of their workers. Though each of these corporations accepted awards for...
by Dave Johnson | May 21, 2010 | Blog, Economy
On the one side there are millions of people needing jobs and millions more "underemployed," the economy is still mired in a very, very slow recovery that is a recovery only in the technical sense, an increasing wave of foreclosures that has reached into the "prime"...
by Dave Johnson | May 21, 2010 | Blog, Economy
In March I wrote about the closing of the Toyota NUMMI plant in Fremont, California.. Today there is good news! The Green Manufacturing Revolution comes to the rescue, and Toyota is teaming up with electric car maker Tesla to reopen the plant and make all-electric...
by Richard Eskow | May 21, 2010 | Blog
Here are the words they used for health care reform (or the buzzwords their consultants told them to use): "Secret"! "Backroom"! "Behind closed doors"! "Dealing"! Or, as one especially unsubtle pol put it, "secret backroom dealing"! These right-wing politicians and...
by Zach Carter | May 21, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
Thursday night's passage of Wall Street reform by the U.S. Senate is an event to be celebrated, but several key issues remain in play as the House and Senate seek to iron out differences between their respective versions of the legislation. And while the final bill...
