by Bill Scher | Dec 14, 2012 | Blog
Yesterday I noted that the main Senate Republican arguments against filibuster reform pretend that Democrats want to do away with minority filibusters, when in fact the proposals on the table simply ensure that filibusters be conducted in public view. Today, the...
by Stan Collender | Dec 14, 2012 | Blog
With 17 days as the crow flies before it happens, it's time for me to do something I've been resisting for a week or so: formally increase my odds that we'll go over rather than avoid the fiscal cliff. Back in September I said it was better than 50-50 that no deal...
by Robert Borosage | Dec 14, 2012 | Blog
Big Banks are famously too big to fail, too big to manage, and too big to prosecute. Now a recent report by the OCC details that they fail to meet even minimal standards of sound management. Even after blowing up the economy, getting a multi-trillion dollar...
by Robert Borosage | Dec 14, 2012 | Blog, Economy
Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan -- Republicans continue their assault on unions and worker solidarity – and America’s middle class gets mugged. Corporate profits are at the highest % of GDP on record; worker wages are at the lowest % ever. And now the...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 14, 2012 | Blog
Today (Friday) workers and their unions in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, South Africa, United Kingdom, Zambia and the United States are joining together to demand change at Walmart through the UNI Walmart Global Union Alliance. Josh Eidelson explains at The Nation...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 13, 2012 | Blog, Economy
Michigan's recent battle makes this a good time to explain the union movement's important role in our economy's overall health. We're about to explain why today's war on unions is bad for all of us, no matter what we do for a living, and we'll do it in four steps. But...
