by Sam Pizzigati | Oct 27, 2013 | Blog
America's top execs don't have the time to celebrate. They're too busy waging a corporate holy war against what may be the most promising check yet on executive pay excess. In 1930, an obscure lawsuit against Bethlehem Steel unearthed a piece of corporate data that...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 26, 2013 | Blog
A broad coalition of organizations, including the Campaign for America's Future and Social Security Works, is joining Sen. Bernie Sanders in a petition drive to resist cuts to Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare. It only takes a few moments to sign; it's that easy....
by Dave Johnson | Oct 25, 2013 | Blog
An anti-union letter in my local paper today inadvertently exposes what's going on with the economy. This letter is about the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) transit-worker strike, but applies to working people across the country. (Working people means people who work...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 24, 2013 | Blog
Republicans are demanding cuts in Social Security and Medicare if Democrats want to change the terms of the "sequester." I'm sure their Tea Party "base" would be shocked if they understood this. So would most Americans. So is the media giving Americans the information...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 23, 2013 | Blog
Democrats in the White House are confronted with a dilemma. On the one hand, the clock's ticking on their temporary budget deal with the Republicans. If it runs out and there's no new agreement, we run the risk of a default and the government could shut down again....
by Richard Eskow | Oct 22, 2013 | Blog
Details are emerging about the House-Senate conference committee charged with developing a new budget. That would presumably head off the continued threat of a renewed Republican government shutdown – a catastrophe that is currently scheduled for January 15 – and...
