by Jacob Swenson-Lengyel | Feb 3, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision, Rick Perlstein
[fve]http://youtu.be/EbZgQmP0VZ0[/fve] Reclaim Chicago video Since the midterm elections, the media has been buzzing about the growing schism between Wall Street Democrats and the populist wing of the party. Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s recent victories give evidence for...
by Leo Gerard | Feb 3, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Economy
The people of Greece rebelled last week against the perverse notion that they should continue to endure biting austerity in a vain attempt to cure a condition that they are not solely responsible for creating. Sounds familiar, right? It’s like American workers forced...
by Bill Scher | Feb 3, 2015 | Blog
A favorite maxim of Vice-President Joe Biden's is: "Don’t tell me what you value. Show me your budget, and I’ll tell you what you value." President Obama proposed a budget that is a reflection of his values today. This puts considerable pressure on Republicans. They...
by Sam Pizzigati | Feb 3, 2015 | Blog, Economy
Sometimes facts can fly. All around the world. Over the last year or so, no one has been flying facts more effectively than the folks at Oxfam, the activist global charity. A year ago, an Oxfam report revealed that the world’s 85 richest billionaires had as much...
by Richard Eskow | Feb 3, 2015 | Blog, Economy
Washington's upcoming budget battle could become the next front in the war against austerity. That's the bank-friendly economic ideology whose forces now span the globe: Europe has the Germans, and we have the Republicans. But who in this country will take the role of...
by Michael Winship | Feb 2, 2015 | Blog, Economy
My friend Craig Zobel just premiered his new movie at the Sundance Film Festival. Z for Zachariah is based on a young adult novel from the seventies about a post-apocalyptic world and a woman who lives on a farm in a remote valley. A geographic anomaly, the valley has...
