by Sam Pizzigati | Jun 24, 2012 | Blog
Robin Hood would not be happy if he happened upon our incredibly top-heavy modern world. But the new campaign to levy a tax on speculative trading would most likely have him breaking out in smiles. The most lavishly paid bank CEO in America, Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 22, 2012 | Blog, Economy
Will Mitt Romney create jobs and help our economy, or will he just take us back to the Bush-era, send-jobs-to-China destruction that made him rich? With Romney there is no way to connect what he says with what he means or might do. So we are forced to read tea leaves...
by Terrance Heath | Jun 22, 2012 | Blog
On June 20, 2012, Nick Nyhart, CEO and President of Public Campaign, Joan Mandle, Executive Director of Democracy Matters, Tracy Leatherberry of Common Cause and others delivered a people's indictment for crimes against our democracy to Karl Rove, American Crossroads,...
by Richard Eskow | Jun 21, 2012 | Blog
Eric Schneiderman was right. New York State's Attorney General told an audience at the Take Back the American Dream Conference that we need a "transformational politics" that will change the way we look at ourselves, our society, and our economy. The wealthy have...
by Terrance Heath | Jun 21, 2012 | Blog
I wonder sometimes if Paul Krugman ever gets tired of being right. Or does he get bored with it, given how often it happens? This week, at the Take Back the American Dream conference, Krugman shared the stage with Chris Hayes for the "End This Depression NOW!" plenary...
