by Mary Bottari | Jan 30, 2012 | Blog
The morning after his “State of the State” address where Governor Scott Walker reassured Wisconsin “We are turning things around. We are heading in the right direction,” the Milwaukee County District Attorney charged two more Walker staffers with multiple felony and...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 30, 2012 | Blog
You'd think Social Security would top the list of subjects for a presidential debate in Florida. How many questions did Wolf Blitzer ask about it during Thursday night's Republican debate in Jacksonville? Answer: None. The words "Social Security" never passed his...
by Terrance Heath | Jan 27, 2012 | Blog
Another GOP debate has come and gone, and there's a clear consensus on who won and who lost this round. After two fabulously bombastic debate performances, Newt Gingrich was defeated by the one man he can never seem to beat: himself. Ultimately, Newt's problem is just...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 27, 2012 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Servitude: "a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life" Democracy: "a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 27, 2012 | Blog
LISTEN The Nation's Greg Kaufmann discusses "This Week in Poverty" and the need to make the plight of poor people more visible. Did you catch the reference in President Obama's State of the Union address to "poverty"? You can be forgiven if you didn't. Greg Kaufmann...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 27, 2012 | Blog
The GOP presidential candidates continue to play their parts in an implausible story of a world that could never exist, acting out nonexistent conflicts while delivering dialog that insults the intelligence. That's not because they're stupid. It's because they think...