by Richard Eskow | May 14, 2013 | Blog
Rep. Henry Waxman should make a promise to his constituents, but he doesn't want to. So, instead of promising that he'll protect Social Security from President Obama's proposed benefit cut, Waxman told one of his constituents the very idea of asking Representatives to...
by Robert Borosage | May 13, 2013 | Blog
On July 1, interest rates on student loans will double, jumping to 6.8%, according to current law. While the Big Banks are now enjoying interest rates of almost zero. Enter Elizabeth Warren with her first bill as a Senator: It solves the problem by giving students the...
by Richard Eskow | May 12, 2013 | Blog
My mother has never liked Mother's Day. She says it's a phony holiday designed to boost profits for Hallmark Cards. I say, Who cares as long as everybody's happy? After all, I tell her, Hallmark isn't Blackwater or Halliburton. And besides, not all profits are evil....
by Isaiah J. Poole | May 8, 2013 | Blog, Rick Perlstein
Rick Perlstein, a former writer for the Campaign for America's Future who now writes for The Nation, has a detailed and deeply troubling two-part examination (Part I and Part II) of President Obama's nominee to be Commerce secretary, Penny Pritzker. We interviewed...
by Dave Johnson | May 8, 2013 | Blog
Here comes a surprise. Who is the country's biggest creator of low-wage jobs? Watch this video to see. From Good Jobs Nation: [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmjOTwIbyb4[/youtube] Our economy is shifting from good-paying middle-class jobs to low-wage jobs....
by Sam Pizzigati | May 6, 2013 | Blog
America's top corporate executives love lecturing the rest of us about 'fiscal responsibility.' They want us to expect less from government. But they expect more, and a new report shows how they're getting it. Last week, federal unemployment benefits for the 400,000...
