by Robert Borosage | Mar 26, 2010 | Blog
The Congress just voted to take over $60 billion in subsidies to the banks and invest it in aid to college students. The students beat the banks; hard to believe but true. The reconciliation bill that featured the final “fixes” on health care also included a...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 26, 2010 | Blog
The big news, since President Obama signed health care reform into law, has been the threats made against Democratic lawmakers. [h/t, Prometheus.] But there is another threat looming, that isn't directed at Democratic officials, and isn't getting nearly as much...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 26, 2010 | Blog
When a policy is just wrong it's just wrong. I have written about how Chinese CEOs and Chinese economists have been making the case for China to bring its currency up to market rates. Even Chinese government officials are making the case for a stronger currency. In a...
by Richard Eskow | Mar 26, 2010 | Blog
Just when you thought you'd had enough of Goldman Sachs running things -- and running them into the ground -- along comes Meg Whitman. Most Californians know she's using her fortune to run for governor. They probably don't know that she was once on the board of...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 25, 2010 | Blog
Problem:: States shed government jobs as revenue plummets. Just last month: In Michigan, where the unemployment rate is 14.1 percent, the nation's highest, government jobs at all levels fell by 5,000. They accounted for one-third of the state's job losses....
