by Richard Eskow | Jan 13, 2010 | Blog
The AFL-CIO has announced that it is coordinating a "National Call-In Blitz" today.. If you call this toll free number - 1-877-3-AFLCIO (1-877-323-5246) - you can "urge your representative to support working families by voting for health care reform that: Does NOT tax...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 13, 2010 | Blog
The New Republic's Jonathan Chait has penned an ode to the excise tax on health benefits. He says his "faith in the Cadillac tax remains ardent," even after being led astray by a faulty graph. We hate to dim his ardor, but it's a love gone wrong. You...
by Brian Dockstader | Jan 12, 2010 | Blog
When Sen. Arlen Specter switched from the GOP to the Democratic Party early last year, citing the Republican Party's extreme shift to the far-right in recent years, many progressives found themselves in mixed emotions. First, there was a sense of happiness, as the...
by Bill Scher | Jan 12, 2010 | Blog
Media pundits appear to be focused on President Obama's flagging approval numbers on health care. But last night's CBS poll on the health care debate is the
by Alan Jenkins | Jan 12, 2010 | Blog
So who even uses the word “Negro” anymore, much less the phrase “Negro dialect”? Apparently Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, in a conversation with reporters before Barack Obama became president. To be sure, one has to wonder whether a guy who uses that kind of...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 11, 2010 | Blog
People are saying that the so-called Cadillac tax "might fall flat" and "has real problems." And those are its defenders. I can't remember any new policy in recent history whose own advocates had so many complaints with its design. Not that we're ...
