by Richard Eskow | Sep 4, 2013 | Blog
For 12 years now they've been touting New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg as a model for the politics of the future. Beltway pundits have pushed hard for his amalgam of economically conservative policies and social-issues liberalism. They seized on Bloomberg’s...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 3, 2013 | Blog
Texas Governor Rick Perry is trying to poach jobs from yet another state, offering businesses low taxes and wages. At the same time budget cuts are forcing Texas to convert paved roads to gravel and deep cuts to education continue. What does Texas' job-poaching do to...
by Leo Gerard | Sep 3, 2013 | Blog
America’s fortunate workers, those who had Labor Day off, spent the holiday resting and playing, rejoicing and picnicking. Much of that activity occurred in public parks across this nation, places that are community commons, purchased, developed and protected by...
by Richard Eskow | Sep 2, 2013 | Blog
Once again our nation is contemplating an act of war, entering into one of the most solemn debates a society can have. It's worth restating some fundamental principles as that debate begins, especially for those of us who support economic justice, progressive ideals...
by Sam Pizzigati | Sep 1, 2013 | Blog
Over the last 20 years, the annual lists of America’s highest-paid chief execs — our corporate ‘best and brightest’ — have included an amazingly high concentration of outright frauds and flops. On Wall Street, they’re giving Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer the bum’s rush....
by Dave Johnson | Aug 30, 2013 | Blog
Tea Party types say the "sequester" is just cutting "waste" out of the government - and government spending is a bad thing anyway. In Santa Clara County, California, 18,000 families face possible homelessness Sept. 1. That's just one county. There are 3,144 counties...
