by Sam Pizzigati | Nov 20, 2012 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Yes, the poor have struggled mightily while our rich have become phenomenally flush. But middle-income Americans haven't been able to jump off the treadmill either. We’ve all heard plenty of chatter over recent years about the widening gap “between rich and poor.” But...
by Leo Gerard | Nov 20, 2012 | Blog
Republicans, the party of the nation’s entitled rich, are holding a knife to the throat of America’s frail recovery. The GOP sore losers have America up against a wall. Republicans don’t care that the majority of the country voted for a candidate who promised to raise...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 20, 2012 | Blog
Hey GOP, here's some friendly advice. You know that diverse coalition that carried President Obama to victory (not to mention sending a number of progressives to the Senate, and delivering an across-the-board victory for marriage equality)? The one that conservatives...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 19, 2012 | Blog
Building on a recent New York Times article, this weekend National Public Radio wondered if this is Obama's 'Roosevelt' moment." But the Roosevelt in question isn't Franklin D. Roosevelt, the President that many people hoped Obama would model himself when he first won...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 19, 2012 | Blog
I joined Campaign for America's Future's Richard Eskow to talk about the "fiscal cliff" scare, austerity, Social Security, Medicare and how we WON the election so we really should be talking about jobs instead. This was a GREAT hour, and hold the information you need...
by Stan Collender | Nov 19, 2012 | Blog
Originally published at Capital Gains and Games. The Dow Jones Industrials Average was in negative territory on Friday morning when congressional leaders emerged from their first fiscal cliff meeting at the White House. At that point the Dow was down 59 points. But...
