by Richard Eskow | May 5, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
Now that the ideological defense of Wall Street behavior has collapsed, brought down by the wreckage of deregulation, bankers and lobbyists are pursuing a new strategy: fighting the democratic process itself. They're suggesting that this issue is a little too...
by Sara Robinson | May 5, 2010 | Blog
George W. Bush -- who knew a thing or two about addiction -- was right about one thing: America is addicted to fossil fuels. Looking at the recent headlines, it's becoming clear that history, Gaia, and our neighbors have all had enough. Look around the room. Look at...
by Zach Carter | May 5, 2010 | Blog
9:00 Here we go. Bill Thomas is offering a very silly analogy between the automobile and the financial system. Both were simple 40 years ago, then both got complicated, and now when you need a very sophisticated specialist to fix problems with either cars or finance....
by Eric Lotke | May 5, 2010 | Blog
The agenda of the Blue Green Alliance is brilliant and visionary. Build a “new, clean energy economy in America, and put [people] to work creating the American jobs of the future.” The blue green coalition includes environmentalists and organized labor, and its...
by Alex Lawson | May 5, 2010 | Blog
Probably not going to be the most riveting livestream ever. Video streaming by Ustream
by Zach Carter | May 4, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
J.P. Morgan Chase, America's largest warehouse of arrogant financial elites, has issued yet another deceptive lobbyist smear in the guise of an "analyst report." Yesterday, the megabank's Chief Economist James Glassman launched a broadside against Sen. Carl Levin...
