by Robert Borosage | Jan 19, 2010 | Blog
On the heels of Elizabeth Warren's rallying cry for a Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Campaign for America's Future called on our supporters to join the fight. The following call to action was sent to our supporters today. *** The struggle to control the big...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 19, 2010 | Blog
Labor leaders met with the White House last week to hammer out a deal on the health excise tax. Depending on the outcome of today's Senate race in Massachusetts, that deal is likely to become law. So how good is it? Here's an overview: The ceiling -...
by Steven Capozzola | Jan 19, 2010 | Blog
Here’s a scenario you didn't see: The North American International Auto Show got underway last week and not a single Japanese car was allowed. Such a slight would be unthinkable, but it’s not far from what Japan did recently when it chose to exclude U.S. autos from...
by Bill Scher | Jan 19, 2010 | Blog
I dread all the Washington spin that will follow today's Massachusetts special election, more than usual. Because I live in Massachusetts and the predictable oversimplifications will literally hit close to home. While everyone will say the election results mean this...
by Sam Pizzigati | Jan 17, 2010 | Blog
Would a stiff tax on banker bonuses blunt Wall Street profiteering — or let the vast majority of America's wealthy off the hook? “Wall Street,” the New York Times observed earlier this month, “is confronting a dilemma of riches: How to wrap its...
by Terrance Heath | Jan 15, 2010 | Blog
Eugene Robinson thinks maybe Michael Steele is crazy like a fox. I think he's just plain crazy (and only slightly crazier than the GOP for hiring him in the first place), for a number of reasons, the latest of which is a real humdinger. And, no, I'm not talking about...
