by Robert Borosage | Feb 16, 2010 | Blog
Oregon Democrats: Taking on Lobbyists? Oregon Democratic legislators seem to be spaking the corporate lobbyists that opposed the successful initiatives that produced vital revenue by raising corporate and top end taxes. The business lobby thinks so – and isn’t that a...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Feb 16, 2010 | Blog
Getting health care reform done in 2009 might not have saved the life of Melanie Shouse, who died of breast cancer last month at the age of 41. But what we do know is that the lives of thousands of other women like her are at risk because, one year after Congress and...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 15, 2010 | Blog
I have a regular spot on the radio show, The Fairness Doctrine, currently in Massachusetts but going national. The show has a liberal and a conservative host and they present and discuss differing viewpoints -- without shouting. On the show today we talked about my...
by Richard Eskow | Feb 15, 2010 | Blog
Like an cat burglar, Goldman Sachs leaves its fingerprints in the most unusual places. The news of Goldman's role in the Greek financial crisis isn't just a black eye for Wall Street. It's also a diplomatic disaster for the United States, whose government has become...
by Robert Borosage | Feb 15, 2010 | Blog
The Post's Robert J. Samuelson has been a purblind corproate trade ideologue, preaching its virtues even as the US sank into debt, corporations sent jobs abroad, and global imbalances helped drive the economy off the cliff. But in today's Post -- http://is.gd/8qu3b --...
by Sam Pizzigati | Feb 14, 2010 | Blog
In contemporary American political life, only the rich can afford to be politically impatient. The big question: How long will the rest of us tolerate such a starkly unrepresentative status quo? By Sam Pizzigati Four score years ago, amid the tumult of the Great...