by Sam Pizzigati | Feb 2, 2009 | Blog
High in the Swiss Alps last week, the world's rich and powerful took a crack at problem solving. But they came up short. The main reason: They are the problem. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin delivered the opening keynote address last week at the annual World...
by Leo Gerard | Jan 30, 2009 | Blog
For a brief moment, when Congress authorized that $700 billion bailout for the Wall Street wise guys whose recklessness caused the financial crisis that we’re all suffering, federal officials actually considered giving part of the money to foreign banks. Really. They...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 30, 2009 | Blog
Consider how far we've come since January 20. On Thursday, the Senate followed the House in passing a reauthorization of a child health insurance bill that will mean 4 million more children will have access to health insurance. When the Congress passed similar...
by Bill Scher | Jan 29, 2009 | Blog
Apparently, House Republicans are so proud of themselves, they are trying to raise campaign dollars off their votes opposing economic help for everybody else. I just received an email from GOP Rep. Pete Sessions, the chairman of the National Republican Congressional...
by Terrance Heath | Jan 29, 2009 | Blog
Every morning, my neighbor and her six-year-old daughter share a bus stop with a terrorist — or a member of a terrorist organization, at least. That's distressing enough, because my son rides the same school bus. But I recently discovered that the terrorist at my...
by Bill Scher | Jan 28, 2009 | Blog
The House is debating the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on the floor as I write this. And the conservative minority is employing the same tactics that have led them into the minority: failed ideas wrapped in fresh lies. The big lie/talking point being...
