by Sara Robinson | Feb 10, 2009 | Blog
Progressives around the country can breathe a little easier today: James Adkisson has been sentenced to life behind bars for the deaths of Greg McKendry and Linda Kraeger, the Unitarian Universalist martyrs who died during his assault on their church in Knoxville,...
by Bill Scher | Feb 10, 2009 | Blog
Yesterday, President Barack Obama made clear he is not accepting the Senate "Gang of Moderates" compromise as is, while the Senate moderates failed to mount a logical defense of their cuts. In short, The Senate compromise on economic recovery means to prevent $70...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Feb 9, 2009 | Blog
There are times when moderation is no virtue, and this economic recovery is one of those times. So let's be blunt about it: Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., has been a leading obstructionist on the road to economic recovery. He, along with an infinitesimal group of Republican...
by Bill Scher | Feb 9, 2009 | Blog
Last week, Campaign for America's Future sounded the alarm that phone calls were running 100 to 1 against an economic recovery bill, giving Congress a false impression of what the American majority want
by Sam Pizzigati | Feb 9, 2009 | Blog
Our new White House has begun a counterattack against America's grand divide between the rich and everyone else. But we face, new stats from the IRS make dramatically plain, a steeply uphill battle. Last Thursday, the day after President Obama announced a $500,000 cap...
by Bill Scher | Feb 6, 2009 | Blog
Gangs are groups of hoodlums that commit crimes and terrorize neighborhoods. In the Senate, we have a Gang of Moderates, and they're a gang alright. A gang that is trying to commit crimes of humanity to the economic recovery bill. The Plum Line has the latest draft of...
