by Richard Eskow | May 5, 2014 | Blog, Economy
His racism got all the headlines, but there was something to be learned from Donald Sterling’s other words. So, before the spotlight turns elsewhere and Sterling crawls back into well-deserved obscurity, it’s worth considering his usefulness as a representative sample...
by Bill Scher | May 2, 2014 | Blog
Earlier this week, former President Bill Clinton delivered a 90-minute defense of his economic record, which some are analyzing through the prism of Hillary Clinton's expected presidential campaign. But within that defense, Clinton admitted to a big mistake: the...
by Dave Johnson | May 2, 2014 | Blog
Republicans aren't for things. Instead they run from one hysterical anti-something scream to the next. They have shifted from the "noun-verb-911" of the Bush years to "Obama said you didn't build this" road and bridge, then to "Obamacare failed" and after Obamacare...
by Terrance Heath | May 2, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Here’s a basic rule of thumb for wingnut rhetoric. If right-wingers have returned to flogging that dead horse called Benghazi, they’re fresh out of ideas again. This week, wingnuts weren’t just beating a dead horse. They were almost making glue. Maybe they got the...
by Dave Johnson | May 2, 2014 | Blog
Senate Republicans filibustered the minimum wage increase. This means the bill doesn't even get a debate, never mind a vote. This is part of their strategy to hold back the economy and then campaign on the bad "Obama" economy. Meanwhile cities and states are helping...
by Robert Borosage | May 2, 2014 | Blog
The topline of the April BLS jobs report – a better than expected 288,000 jobs added, with the unemployment rate plummeting to 6.3% – will be celebrated, particularly in contrast to the collapse of growth in the first quarter (initially estimated at 0.1% but likely...
