by Richard Eskow | May 2, 2012 | Blog
"Hmm," writes a blogger. "Liberals need to get off their fainting couches." It's in an argument for cutting Social Security benefits - and it comes from a liberal. Benefit cuts would hurt millions of disabled and elderly people, harm our economy, and wound our social...
by Dave Johnson | May 2, 2012 | Blog
The Take Back the American Dream conference -- the summit for the 99% -- is taking place June 18-20 in Washington, DC. Click here to register. Big companies like Verizon use threats of layoffs to force their workers to take pay and benefit cuts, and use the money to...
by Richard Eskow | May 1, 2012 | Blog
Mayday. Mayday. Mayday. This is the United States of America. Our pilot and crew are under the influence of unseen forces. Our position is unknown and our time is growing short. We have 311 million souls on board. We are in urgent need of assistance. There's "May Day"...
by Dave Johnson | May 1, 2012 | Blog
The full Republican media "noise" machine is rising up in a full-scale "hissy fit" because the President pointed out that Osama bin Laden was killed a year ago, under his watch. They are pretending to be absolutely outraged, accusing the President of politicizing the...
by Terrance Heath | May 1, 2012 | Blog
We can probably expect to see more of this. It will no doubt go on through the Republican convention. I mean the parade of Republican presidential wannabees now preparing to kiss up to Mitt Romney after attacking him so viciously — and accurately — during the...
by Dave Johnson | May 1, 2012 | Blog, Economy
The path to creating millions of jobs is so easy and obvious. Hire people to modernize the infrastructure and to retrofit buildings to be energy efficient. Millions would be paying income taxes instead of receiving unemployment or food stamps. The companies that...
