by Richard Eskow | Aug 6, 2013 | Blog
Now this is interesting. Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon, bought the Washington Post for $250 million after the newspaper went up for sale in what was described as a "highly secret" process. (That's right. An organization dedicated to discovering and reporting...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 5, 2013 | Blog
The campaign against Detroit is the latest battle in a long war against the American social contract. For that war to succeed, millions of Americans must be convinced to see their fellow citizens – working people, retired people, students, the poor – as the Other....
by Digby | Aug 5, 2013 | Blog
The New York Times featured a fascinating article today on the benefits of medical tourism for joint replacement surgery. It follows a man who had his hip replaced in Belgium at a fraction of the cost he would have had to pay in the US. (In this case, he would have...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 5, 2013 | Blog
Union and environmental leaders arrested together over immigration? What's up? Here is what's up: Corporate-funded conservatives ... "view us as one threat, and fundamentally we are acting like that now, as one threat." Corporate-Conservative War On Democracy For...
by Bill Scher | Aug 4, 2013 | Blog
The August congressional recess is here, and many members of Congress will head home and touch base with their constituents. Some will have town halls. Others might conclude: better not. Especially if you're a House Republican. Because then you might have to answer:...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 2, 2013 | Blog
This week was put up or shut up time for Republicans. After decades demanding unspecified budget cuts they finally had to put their vote where their budget outline was. So what did they do? They are taking a 40th vote on repealing Obamacare and then heading home for...
