by Dave Johnson | May 18, 2010 | Blog
The stimulus is running out, millions lose health insurance in 12 days as COBRA subsidies start to run out, unemployment benefits also start running out, and unemployment is rising. Foreclosures are up. At the same time out-of-money states are laying off hundreds of...
by Terrance Heath | May 18, 2010 | Blog
So much for telling kids to "always tell the truth." It turns out, toddlers who tell lies do better as adults. Whether this is surprising news about child development, or a sad statement about the kind of society we live in depends on how you define...
by Zach Carter | May 18, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
Some version of Wall Street reform is going to pass the Senate this week. The question now is how strong that reform will be. There are still three crucial battles to be waged, all of which would significantly change the way Wall Street does business. We will not fix...
by Richard Eskow | May 17, 2010 | Blog
Anyone who's ever seen a Terminator movie knows that civilization ended when a computer system called "Skynet" came alive and tried to terminate the human race by starting a nuclear apocalypse. After last week's "flash crash" on Wall Street, they might have wondered...
by Eric Lotke | May 17, 2010 | Blog
Today’s news is the Supreme Court decision that juveniles cannot be confined in prison without the possibility of parole for offenses committed while juveniles (in this case, a very clumsy store robbery by a 16 year old with a crowbar). Yesterd ay’s news was the...
by Terrance Heath | May 17, 2010 | Blog
It's a wet, rainy day in Washington D.C. Enough to soak anyone who stands outside long enough. But it wasn't enough to put out the fiery anger of hundreds of activists who took to the streets of the capitol today, to deliver a message to Wall Street's K Street...
