by Bill Scher | Apr 28, 2009 | Blog
At the 100 Day mark of the Obama Era, climate protection is behind health care for all. This shouldn't be and isn't a contest. Solving both domestic crises is critical to sustain our economy and our planet. And the fact that health care is farther along the political...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 28, 2009 | Blog
The warning, in retrospect, could not have been any clearer. It led to this unambiguous headline on CNN.com on September 17, 2004: "FBI warns of mortgage fraud 'epidemic'." Assistant FBI Director Chris Swecker said the booming mortgage market, fueled by low interest...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 24, 2009 | Blog
Economist Simon Johnson, in an interview Friday on "Bill Moyers' Journal," makes the case for why the nation needs a tough, independent inquiry into the financial crisis similar to the Pecora Commission of the 1930s. "Everyone is worried about the disproportionate...
by Tula Connell | Apr 24, 2009 | Blog, Economy
We're giving up Styrofoam cups here at our building in Washington, D.C. Also doing an energy audit and taking a few other steps as a start toward making our building a green one--just some of the actions the AFL-CIO announced this week, in time for Earth Day. Back in...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 23, 2009 | Blog
Momentum toward a Pecora Commission-style inquest into the roots of the financial crisis got a boost from the Senate on Wednesday when it approved an amendment to a financial fraud bill that would authorize a select investigative committee. If the bill passes with the...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 23, 2009 | Blog
The Obama administration this week got a warning shot across its bow against structuring a bank resuce plan that would amount to yet another taxpayer subsidy of the wealthy. It's a shot that progressives who have the administration's ear on economic policy need to...
