by Roger Hickey | Oct 3, 2013 | Blog
On the first Friday of every month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes the unemployment numbers -- but not this month. US economy is weak and in danger of foundering. The government shutdown is harming the still-fragile recovery. And now we are flying blind --...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 3, 2013 | Blog
White House messaging on the shutdown (and debt ceiling threats) has been nearly pitch-perfect. Republicans, on the other hand, have stumbled and struggled and are paying for it in the polls. Now the GOP’s trying to solve the problem it has created for itself by...
by Emily Foster | Oct 3, 2013 | Blog
The shutdown of the federal government affects all Americans in some way, but for one group the consequences are especially dire: low-income women, children and infants. They are in danger of being cut off from vital nutritional assistance programs because...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 3, 2013 | Blog
Forty million dollars an hour. A third of a billion every day. $1.6 billion every week. That’s a conservative estimate of the money Republicans are wasting by keeping the federal government closed down. And if pundits like Sean Hannity have their way, they’ll run up...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 2, 2013 | Blog
Republicans are pointing to "glitches" in the new Obamacare websites as justification for shutting down the government. (PS looks like those "glitches" may have had some help.) I'm writing this at a coffee shop. I parked on the street and went to the device that you...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 2, 2013 | Blog
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been severely impacted by the government shutdown. What does this mean to you and me? One of the core functions of government is protecting our safety. The CDC describes its mission this way: CDC works 24/7 to...
