by Sam Pizzigati | Jun 6, 2012 | Blog
Wisconsin’s capitol continues to reverberate with the sound and fury of workers and students united — against the 'Mubarak of the Midwest' and the wealthy he so diligently shields from any inconvenience. In 1911, exactly a century ago, Wisconsin enacted...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 6, 2012 | Blog
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has launched an all-out attack on public-employee unions, proposing to take away the right to collective bargaining. He has threatened to use the National Guard to put down any action by state workers in response. Here is a clip from...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 6, 2012 | Blog
You can barely open a newspaper or turn on a radio without hearing about states and local governments bankrupted by high-paid public employees, their pensions and their unions. How much of what you are hearing is really true, and how much is just one more Wall...
by Robert Borosage | Jun 6, 2012 | Blog, Financial Reform
That Gov. Scott Walker survived the recall in Wisconsin is a tragic setback for the stunning citizen’s movement that challenged his extremist agenda in Wisconsin. Its implications are likely to be exaggerated by the right, and underplayed by progressives. Here are...
by Bill Scher | Jun 6, 2012 | Blog, Making it in America
This week, Wisconsin Republican primary gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker caught the attention of Washington pundits with his latest ad, because it features the candidate attacking President Obama with smug condescension and sarcasm. But I was struck because Walker...
by Radhika Raman | Jun 5, 2012 | Blog
Senate Republicans this afternoon voted to block the Paycheck Fairness Act (S. 3220), yet another petty political move designed to stick it to the Democrats and eject President Obama from the White House. Let’s be honest though - it isn’t some Democratic...
