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...
by Bill Scher | Dec 9, 2014 | Blog
On MSNBC's "Morning Joe" today, Politico's Mike Allen and former Governor Howard Dean discussed my analysis for Politico Magazine, "Can The Left Launch Its Own Tea Party?" Allen noted that progressive Democrats a newly "hungry" to play "hardball" against party...
by Leo Gerard | Dec 9, 2014 | Blog
Holiday bells are silent in the homes of America’s struggling working poor, even with gasoline prices at their lowest levels in years. These are people derided as moochers because their starvation wages force them to accept food stamps to feed their children. On the...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 9, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision
Fox News hosts Bill O’Reilly and Megyn Kelly assured us that the “Ferguson story” would be over in a week. [fve]http://youtu.be/_Fx6AUZDZ7E[/fve] That was before a grand jury declined to indict NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo for killing Eric Garner with an illegal...
by Sam Pizzigati | Dec 9, 2014 | Blog, Economy
A rising tide lifts all boats. A growing economic pie means bigger slices for everybody. Wealth that flows to the top will always trickle down. Cheerleaders for wealth’s concentration have over the years invoked a variety of images to justify the ever larger fortunes...
