by Sam Pizzigati | Jun 17, 2012 | Blog
The Federal Reserve has once again counted up America's personal wealth — and omitted the nation's 400 richest from the final tally. But the new figures, even with that omission, show a divide still deepening. In the middle of middle America — in a suburb just outside...
by Jeff Bryant | Jun 16, 2012 | Blog, Education
A funny thing happened on the way to the news cycle the past two weeks when the issue of education -- specifically, public schoolteachers and student loan relief -- maintained a presence on the political stage. Because the conclusion among the Very Serious People is...
by Terrance Heath | Jun 15, 2012 | Blog
Collection agencies do not make condolence calls. I understand this, believe me. But there are certain events in life during which people deserve to be treated with more than standard human decency. (Yes, I realize I'm pretending that treating people with human...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 15, 2012 | Blog
Yesterday in Ohio candidate Mitt Romney said he would clamp down on China's currency manipulation. Today he is still not asking the House Republicans to bring the China currency bill up for a vote. Mr. Romney has the opportunity to demonstrate leadership and put his...
by Bill Scher | Jun 15, 2012 | Blog
President Obama's bold stroke to prevent deporting nearly 800,000 undocumented people who came to America before they turned 16 will be analyzed by most through a crude political lens: will this pump up Latino turnout or not? I'm not naive enough to believe that...
by Richard Eskow | Jun 15, 2012 | Blog
It had to happen sooner or later: Jamie Dimon, the bank CEO who's become the public face for our greedy and corrupt banking system, is openly backing the austerity plan pushed by former Senator Alan Simpson, the arrogant and abusive voice of our country's...
