by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 13, 2009 | Blog, Minimum Wage
As President Bush and conservative leaders were still touting the "soundness" of the economy in 2007, trends among the working poor were already beginning to tell a different story. After two years of declines in the number of people characterized as "poor" despite...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 13, 2009 | Blog
I won't bemoan how the failure of media to do its job necessitates his role. I will simply give thanks that, in the absence of reliable media criticism, at least we have Jon Stewart — making us laugh while telling us truths that are far from funny. By now, you've...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 12, 2009 | Blog
There is one person in particular I hope got to hear President Obama's recent speech on education. There was a teachable moment in that speech applicable to all of the challenges we're facing and essential for Americans to understand if we're to meet them. I don't...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 12, 2009 | Blog
Since 2003, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has turned the state into a petri dish for what hard-core conservatism —slashed taxes, shrunken government, cut regulations—would look like. With a Republican-controlled legislature, he's had pretty much free rein to enact...
by Bill Scher | Mar 12, 2009 | Blog
Social Security and Medicare opponent Pete Peterson funds through his foundation a "Fiscal Wake-Up Tour," which characterizes itself as a non-ideological truth-telling presentation bravely warning the nation that Social Security and Medicare need drastic changes to...
by Bill Scher | Mar 11, 2009 | Blog
Budget battles are inherently complex and President Barack Obama's moreso. A budget encompasses everything government does, so multiple fights on disparate issues can be sparked, making it hard to communicate a simple overarching argument for passage. And President...
