by Bill Scher | Feb 3, 2009 | Blog, Rick Perlstein
Before the election, my colleague Rick Perlstein counseled the next president to embrace a big and bold liberal agenda immediately after entering office, in the mold of Presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson, or else the opportunity for real change would be...
by Charles McMillion | Feb 3, 2009 | Blog
The current recession will soon become the longest since the Great Depression. The U.S. is losing over 500,000 jobs each month, and a new president, elected overwhelmingly, is pleading for unity and urgent action on a scale not seen since the New Deal. At such a...
by Bill Scher | Feb 2, 2009 | Blog
With Congress expected to address comprehensive health care reform this year, and with momentum squarely behind securing coverage for all through a public plan option that competes with private plans, the insur
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...
