by Ben Johnson | Apr 8, 2013 | Blog
When you’re a student taking out a loan, should the amount of protection you get from fraud differ based on the size of the lender? That is the question the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is about to decide as it draws up new regulations for student loan...
by Thom Hartmann | Apr 5, 2013 | Blog
It looks like President Obama is still open to negotiations with Republican economic terrorists. Details of the president's budget, set to be released April 10th, show that he will offer significant spending cuts to so-called “entitlement programs”- like Social...
by Digby | Apr 5, 2013 | Blog
Mark this day. For the first time in history, a Democratic president has officially proposed to cut the Democratic Party's signature New Deal program, Social Security: President Obama next week will take the political risk of formally proposing cuts to Social Security...
by Thom Hartmann | Apr 4, 2013 | Blog
The Tennessee General Assembly is trying to subvert democracy. Republican lawmakers in that state want to revise our election process, and give themselves the power to select which candidates appear on the ballot for U.S. Senator. This is the latest GOP tactic to...
by Bill Scher | Apr 4, 2013 | Blog
A new report from the National Employment Law Project, "Scarring Effects: Demographics of the Long-Term Unemployed and the Danger of Ignoring the Jobs Deficit," is a blaring siren to policymakers in Washington. While noting that nearly 5 million people have been out...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 3, 2013 | Blog
Pulitzer Prize-winning former New York Times reporter Hedrick Smith is definitely on a mission these days, barnstorming the country not only to promote his latest book, "Who Stole the American Dream?," but to help us change the focus of the Washington political debate...
