by Robert Borosage | Nov 27, 2014 | Blog
As our family gathers this Thanksgiving, I am struck by the poetry and truth in the president’s words in the speech announcing his immigration initiative: “We know the heart of the stranger. We were strangers once, too.” For my family, it began in 1906 when my...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 26, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
This week, the only thing worse than the Ferguson grand jury’s decision not to indict Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown, was the right-wing reaction to that decision. Many of us dreaded what we all but knew would be a decision not to indict. Some of us...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 26, 2014 | Blog, Economy, Tax Reform
The election is over. Congress is back in Washington. The first order of business after the election is to give big tax breaks to the corporations – $450 billion worth. Fortunately, President Obama is trying to do something about this. Tax Extenders Every year...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 26, 2014 | Blog, Financial Reform
Andrew Ross Sorkin of The New York Times has attacked Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Her offense? Criticizing the appointment of yet another Wall Street banker to a top economic post. Sorkin's periodic defenses of the powerful are no longer unexpected. More surprising is the...
by Bill Scher | Nov 26, 2014 | Blog
Republican leaders want to squelch President Obama's immigration executive action. But they don't want a shutdown. They would like to just defund Obama's deportation relief, but the agency carrying it out, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, is funded by its...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 26, 2014 | Blog, Financial Reform
It's been a grim period for American justice. Despite compelling evidence of widespread bank fraud in the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis – and despite all those billion-dollar settlements – prosecutors have not indicted executives at any major U.S. bank. This...
