by Robert Borosage | Oct 2, 2008 | Blog
The Senate voted overwhelmingly to pass a bad bailout bill last night. Nothing to kick-start the real economy, except tax breaks for business. No help for homeowners.. No mandate for taxpayers to get shares in the banks that are bailed out. Virtual unchecked...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 1, 2008 | Blog, Minimum Wage
A new report released this week adds some statistical weight to what dismayed us about the media's performance during the 2008 primary debates: The media failed to engage the candidates in a meaningful discussion of the issues, but instead largely focused the...
by Bill Scher | Oct 1, 2008 | Blog
Today, the ban on most coastal drilling has officially expired. Conservatives planned to claim this day as "Energy Freedom Day." But the celebration seems awfully quiet. Conservative politicians, who went into a "Drill, Baby, Drill" frenzy all summer, got exactly what...
by Sara Robinson | Sep 30, 2008 | Blog
Conservative pundits and politicians have piled onto the excuse like shipwreck victims clinging to a passing log: The real blame for the current economic crisis lies not with anything they did, but rather with the 1977 Community Reinvestment Act—a successful...
by Roger Hickey | Sep 30, 2008 | Blog
Long before anyone had been nominated or elected, the voters of 2008 had gotten one message across loud and clear: Fix our dysfunctional health care system! For obvious reasons (and big reasons that aren't so obvious), the leaders of 2009 must heed that call....
by Bill Scher | Sep 30, 2008 | Blog
The one-sided idea war continues. Last week, it was evident that while progressives were bursting with fresh ideas to get our deregulated derailed economy back on track, conservatives were running on fumes -- reflexively offering 80s right-wing favorites like more...
