by Liz Rose | Mar 6, 2013 | Blog
Dozens of Americans will be murdered, hundreds of others will be shot, and nearly 1,000 will be robbed or assaulted with a gun — today. The United States has some of the weakest gun laws in the world. To make us, our families, and our communities safer, we need to...
by Richard Eskow | Mar 5, 2013 | Blog
Bloomberg Businessweek created quite a stir last week when it illustrated a cover story about the return of risky mortgages with artwork that was widely interpreted as racist because ... well, see for yourself. The cartoon drawing showed only people of color - people...
by Sam Pizzigati | Mar 4, 2013 | Blog
Luxury fortresses. Armored cars. Helicopter commutes. The abominably unequal 'good life' may be closer than you think. Meanwhile, in South Africa . . . A dozen years ago, Brazil ranked as the world’s most unequal major nation. Brazil’s most affluent 10 percent were...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 4, 2013 | Blog
I was doing research, gathering headlines for a post. But the headlines told a story of their own. So here they are: 2010 November 2010, Corporate Profits Hit New Record, U.S. Workers Still Struggling 2011 January 2011, Profits Are Booming. Why Aren’t Jobs? May 2011,...
by Digby | Mar 4, 2013 | Blog
Dylan Matthews at Wonkblog reports on a fascinating study about liberal vs conservative beliefs: Last year, a group of political scientists took a random sample of state legislators and asked them a slew of questions, most of which boiled down to: “What do your...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 4, 2013 | Blog
The Speaker of the House last week said that taxing people to pay for government is theft. Let's look at just where actual theft is occurring. Michael McAuliff and Sabrina Siddiqui covered the story at the Huffington Post, in John Boehner Compares Tax Proposals Of...
