by Robert Borosage | Nov 25, 2009 | Blog
Will the Senate vote another term for Ben Bernanke as head of the Federal Reserve? Should it? Two months ago, Bernanke looked like a lock. But now unemployment is over 10 percent and rising, while Wall Street bankers are stocking up on vintage champagne, ready to...
by Bill Scher | Nov 25, 2009 | Blog
President Obama announced today that he will attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, raising the stakes for himself and all participating nations. The initial goal for Copenhagen was to forge a binding treaty. But that ambitious goal has...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 24, 2009 | Blog
Ten years ago the World Trade Organization (WTO) met in Seattle at the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999. To this day, when talking about trade and protests, many just use a shorthand and say things along the lines of "since Seattle." Seattle made it clear that there...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 24, 2009 | Blog
The banking industry renewed its extortion threat against Congress today: If you create an independent Consumer Financial Protection Agency that is not beholden to the banking industry, we'll make American consumers pay. That's precisely the threat contained in a...
by Bill Scher | Nov 24, 2009 | Blog
On a conference call today with economists who blog and folks who blog on the economy, Speaker Pelosi sought to bridge the gap between progressive proponents of public investment to create jobs, and right-leaning Democrats touting austerity for immediate deficit...
by Alex Lawson | Nov 23, 2009 | Blog
Without the Koch money and buses,The Tea Partiers were able to muster about 30 people to rail against things. The Billionaires for Wealthcare joined the Tea Partiers in what was otherwise a disappointing day for them. Over at StarkReports.com, Mike Stark has some...
