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...
by Robert Borosage | May 6, 2013 | Blog
Democrats are enjoying the spectacle of Republican disarray. All of Washington is sinking in popularity, but Republicans rank lowest in public esteem. The old right-wing wedge issues – guns, gays, racial division, the war on women – now bolster Democrats rather than...
by Dave Johnson | May 1, 2013 | Blog
The CEO of a big company makes 1795 times what its clerks are making, and the company is now in trouble. Does it matter which company, when so many other companies are in a similar situation? There is a three-year-old law that requires companies to disclose to...
