by Richard Eskow | Nov 3, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
[fve]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjnoMEPKqj8[/fve] Richard Eskow and Thom Hartmann discuss the “Caucus Room” conspiracy and the 2014 elections. On the eve of the 2014 elections, it’s important to remember that Republicans have been deliberately sabotaging both the...
by Dean Baker | Nov 3, 2014 | Blog, Economy, Jobs and Growth
By Dean Baker and Jared Bernstein Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen gave a speech a few weeks ago that was doubly unusual. First, she provided a welcome and trenchant analysis of inequality, focusing on the stagnant income and wealth of middle- and low-income...
by Lindsay Koshgarian | Nov 3, 2014 | Blog, Climate, Economy, Jobs and Growth
With Heidi Garrett-Peltier Imagine: The year 2034, late October. America is no longer dependent on coal and foreign oil. Consumption of these fossil fuels is down by 60 and 40 percent, respectively. Natural gas consumption is down by 30 percent. Fall is in the air...
by Robert Borosage | Nov 3, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism, Progressive Vision
Even on election eve, campaign 2014 is too close to call. Control of the U.S. Senate may not be determined until run-offs are held in January. Conservative Republican governors like Wisconsin’s Scott Walker are in frenzied, pitched battles to survive. Millions in...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 1, 2014 | Blog
When Lee Saunders talks about his mission as the president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, he often refers to the fateful 1968 showdown between sanitation workers and the city of Memphis – the strike that brought Dr. Martin Luther...
by Dean Baker | Oct 31, 2014 | Blog, Health
Stealing a page from the Denver Broncos’ Super Bowl playbook from last year, the Democrats have spent the fall campaign hiding from the most successful federal government program since Medicare. In spite of all the obstacles thrown up by Republicans in Congress, state...