by Richard Eskow | Dec 11, 2014 | Blog, Economy, Financial Reform
It sounds like one of those fundraising emails Democratic groups kept sending out during the last election season, warning of imminent impeachment and other inflated threats: “Listen, I'm pleading.” “CRUSHING blow.” “Disaster.” “Kiss all hope goodbye.” “SHOCKING...
by Joshua Holland | Dec 10, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision
On Tuesday, amid much controversy and after a year of political combat between the Senate Intelligence Committee and the CIA, a long-anticipated summary of the committee’s report on the CIA’s detention and interrogation program was released. Here’s what you need to...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 10, 2014 | Blog
Are we a nation of laws or not? No one is held accountable for invading Iraq, bank fraud, shooting unarmed citizens or even torture. It's time to restore the rule of law. Everyone please, please watch this 4-minute segment from All In with Chris Hayes: Are really we a...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 10, 2014 | Blog, Trade
On a media call today, several immigrant rights leaders talked about the relationship between "NAFTA-CAFTA-Style" trade deals and the number of people forced to immigrate north to the U.S. They worry that the massive Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will move jobs from...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 9, 2014 | Blog, Financial Reform
It's been six years since Wall Street's recklessness and criminal fraud caused trillions of dollars in economic damage and nearly shattered the global economy. The 2008 financial crisis opened millions of Americans' eyes to the widespread corruption and mismanagement...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Dec 9, 2014 | Blog, Financial Reform
Incredibly, the Wall Street caucus in Congress is trying to slip a major attack on hard-won financial reforms into a spending bill designed to keep the government running. As reported by The Huffington Post's Zach Carter, the deal would "provide taxpayer backing for...
