by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 28, 2008 | Blog
The pernicious lie that a law designed to increase lending to people of color and in lower-income neighborhoods played a key role in the financial meltdown in Wall Street won't go away, even though there's no evidence to support it. And now House conservatives are...
by Bill Scher | Sep 26, 2008 | Blog
Every Friday in our Weekend Watchdog feature, we post suggested questions for scheduled Sunday guests. You can add your own questions in the comment thread. We'll also include contact information for the shows, so we can let them know what their viewers want asked....
by Bill Scher | Sep 26, 2008 | Blog
Apparently, everyone in Washington is falling over themselves to pacify House conservatives, who instead of taking responsibility for the deregulation that led to this financial crisis, are throwing another one of their predictable temper tantrums. No one in Congress...
by Tula Connell | Sep 26, 2008 | Blog
Before she became the first female Labor secretary in 1933, Frances Perkins had seen firsthand the tragedy of Manhattan’s 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist fire. Locked in by their employer, 146 mostly young girls died when they couldn’t escape the burning building...
by Robert Borosage | Sep 26, 2008 | Blog
The following is the text of the "agreement on principles" that blew up yesterday at the White House, as House Republican leader John Boehner blindsided negotiators by saying Republicans wouldn't support the deal. Sen. John McCain who had arranged the photo op refused...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 26, 2008 | Blog
My previous post had me asking "How did we get here?" (Actually, I cleaned up my language for this post.) How did we end up on what could be an economic "road to perdition." per·di·tion – noun 1. a state of final spiritual ruin; loss of the soul;...
