by Isaiah J. Poole | May 11, 2007 | Blog
The Enron scandal is rearing its ugly head again, and the Securities and Exchange Commission has to decide with whom it will stand: Will it be with small investors who depend on the honest advice of financial advisors or with bankers who, thanks to a recent federal...
by Robert Borosage | May 11, 2007 | Blog
Robert Borosage, co-director of the Campaign for America’s Future, gave these remarks at a press conference this week with victims of the Enron collapse and their supporters, along with attorney William S. Lerach. The victims are asking the Supreme Court to overturn a...
by Bill Scher | May 11, 2007 | Blog
Yesterday, the House passed an intelligence bill that included a provision requiring a comprehensive report on how climate change may exacerbate national security threats. This should be obvious and non-controversial. The intelligence community already analyzes the...
by Bill Scher | May 10, 2007 | Blog
As President Bush touched down in devastated Greensburg, Kan., on Wednesday, I thought back to April 2001, when a white policeman killed a 19-year old black man in Cincinatti, sparking riots. There was no presidential visit to Cincinnati, or even extended...
by Bill Scher | May 9, 2007 | Blog
Back in February, presidential hopeful Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., quietly made a bold move. He co-sponsored the "gold standard" of global warming bills, Sanders-Boxer, cutting greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent from 1990 levels by 2050. This week, three other...
by Bill Scher | May 9, 2007 | Blog
Over at the Take Back America 2007 blog, I'm posing the question: what can we do to galvanize the grassroots and remove the grip the pharmaceutical industry has on the Senate?
