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...
by Bill Scher | Apr 23, 2009 | Blog
The first congressional hearings regarding comprehensive clean energy and climate protection legislation were held yesterday, and the most important fact mentioned did not get much traditional media attention. When Energy Secretary Steven Chu was asked by a...
by Robert Borosage | Apr 21, 2009 | Blog
"The decisions that are made in the next six months or so are likely to set the economic course of this country for the next 50 years," says Elizabeth Warren, who chairs the COP, the Congressional Oversight Panel charged with reviewing the banking bailout. "That's...
by Sara Robinson | Apr 21, 2009 | Blog
Whew. Run your bank into the ground? Hey, it was our fault for not keeping a better eye on you. Here's some cash. Since you're rich guys, we trust you to do the right thing going forward, so we're not going to bother you with a bunch of rules and oversight—but you...
