by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 12, 2012 | Blog
When Van Jones took to the stage as the closing keynote speaker for the Netroots Nations conference Saturday afternoon, he began with the obvious. Yes, progressive activists are disheartened by losing the recall election of Gov. Scott Walker in Wisconsin. They are...
by Steven Capozzola | Jun 11, 2012 | Blog, Making it in America
The New York Times' Keith Bradsher reports that China's domestic economy has been stumbling of late due to a slowdown in construction and a sluggish retail market. But that's not a major problem because China has an ace-in-the-hole. Whenever the economy of the...
by Sam Pizzigati | Jun 11, 2012 | Blog
All those millions that America's billionaires are pouring into super PACs, where do they come from? We can trace a huge chunk of that political cash to the truly massive tax cuts our richest now enjoy. How massive? Over $25 billion a year -- for our most affluent 400...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 11, 2012 | Blog
The elites who make policy, write about it, have dinner parties where they cluck their tongues about it, mostly have good-paying jobs, health care and secure retirements. They are not affected by it. The elite commissions don’t include unemployed people. The...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 11, 2012 | Blog
As I mentioned Friday in "Real Jobs At Stake" I attended a blogger meeting with Rhode Island's Senator Sheldon Whitehouse. The meeting was put together by Americans for Tax Fairness, a new coalition formed to help win the coming fight over the expiring Bush tax cuts....