by Richard Eskow | Apr 26, 2012 | Blog
Click here to tell Congress: Don't Double Student Loan Interest Rates! Interest rates for student loans will double on July 1 unless Congress acts. That's outrageous - but the fiscal abuse of our nation's young people runs far deeper than that. An entire generation...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 25, 2012 | Blog, Economy
I'm in Michigan to cover the GE shareholder meeting tomorrow. I grew up in Michigan and have to say that Mitt Romney was exactly right that the trees here really are the right size. The look of the houses, the layout of the roads, the birds, everything feels right. Of...
by Terrance Heath | Apr 25, 2012 | Blog
It comes to us all, eventually: that epiphanic, "come to Jesus moment" when the light of day finally penetrates our cloud of delusion, and undeniable reality slaps us hard across the face. That moment finally came for Newt Gingrich, who annouced that he will suspend...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 25, 2012 | Blog
Two incumbent blue-dog Democrats were defeated in House primary races Tuesday night, in a sign that progressives are finding ways to successfully counter the corporate corruption in both political parties. In Pennsylvania's 17th District, east of Harrisburg, incumbent...
by Robert Borosage | Apr 25, 2012 | Blog
Mitt Romney opened the general election campaign last night in Manchester, New Hampshire, using his acceptance speech to unleash a fierce attack on Barack Obama's "false promises and failed leadership." He said little about his own policies, preferring to contrast his...
by Terrance Heath | Apr 25, 2012 | Blog
When I graduated from high school, my parents expected that I would go to college. I say "expected," but it was really closer to a demand than an expectation. As my father said, "I don't know where you'll go, but you're going to somebody's university." Education was a...
