by Dave Johnson | Apr 29, 2010 | Blog, Economy
When you think about building a new mass transit system, or funding (and cuts) top operate bus and rail lines you tend to think about the construction, manufacturing, operating and maintenance jobs created (or cut). That's a lot of jobs, but those jobs are almost...
by Zach Carter | Apr 29, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
Today is the big day: thousands of people will march on Wall Street this afternoon to protest big bank abuses. After watching Wall Street stack the economic deck against, well, just about everybody, it's time for reform. Big Banks secured the most generous bailout in...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 28, 2010 | Blog
What we've been witnessing in Washington isn't just political positioning by one party looking to deny the other a victory, although it's certainly that. We're also seeing the death struggle of a dying ideology. This ideology provided intellectual cover to business...
by Leo Gerard | Apr 28, 2010 | Blog
Don Blankenship, the man ultimately in charge of Massey Energy's West Virginia mine where 29 workers died in an explosion April 5, assured financial analysts last week that safety is paramount in his operation. Massey, the country's fourth largest mining company,...
by Robert Borosage | Apr 28, 2010 | Blog
Senate Republicans have perfected the art of saying no. But in blocking a debate on financial reform, they have begun to imitate Goldman Sachs traders, selling positions that they are betting against. Blocking financial reform is, not surprisingly, financially...
by Terrance Heath | Apr 28, 2010 | Blog
Tim Wise says what I was thinking a few weeks ago: What if the tea party was black? Let’s play a game, shall we? The name of the game is called “Imagine.” The way it’s played is simple: we’ll envision recent happenings in the news, but...
