by Richard Eskow | May 28, 2013 | Blog
The real healthcare battle in this country isn’t the one being fought over the bill everyone now calls “Obamacare.” In fact, it's not a battle between Republicans and Democrats at all. The real battle is the one millions of Americans face every day as they struggle to...
by Dave Johnson | May 27, 2013 | Blog
An aging bridge fell down outside of Seattle the other day. This shocked people. But a few people were expecting it because they have been keeping track of how our country's "infrastructure" is aging. The American Society of Civil Engineers has put out their...
by Digby | May 24, 2013 | Blog
The following chart measures the growth of hunger over the past few years in Europe and the US: If you can't afford food, there's really nowhere to go but up. That's why it's so shocking just how many more hungry people there are now in what were formerly known as the...
by Robert Borosage | May 23, 2013 | Blog
On Tuesday, a "sinkhole" suddenly sank in Washington D.C. three blocks from the White House. Not a metaphor, but a massive hole in the road as "long as a Ford Explorer," double the width of a train car and 17 feet deep. The asphalt eroded around a metal plate covering...
by Terrance Heath | May 23, 2013 | Blog
Even before the winds died down in his home state, Oklahoma Republican Sen. Tom Coburn insisted that additional disaster relief be "paid for" by cuts elsewhere in the federal budget. Coburn defended his position by invoking the children pulled from the rubble of two...
by Digby | May 22, 2013 | Blog
Yes, they're already on it: On top of the troubles the administration is facing over its handling of the attack on the Benghazi mission, the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups, and the Justice Department's seizure of Associated Press phone...
