by Robert Borosage | Jan 25, 2012 | Blog
Last night in his State of the Union, President Obama presented himself as the champion of the American dream, or in his words, “the American promise” – “that if you worked hard, you could do well enough to raise a family, own a home, send your kids to college, and...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 25, 2012 | Blog
We were hoping to get from President Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday night a bold, galvanizing vision of how the economy could be made to work once again for the 99 percent, the majority of Americans who are being left behind as the nation's wealth flows...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 24, 2012 | Blog
I hate to sound Pollyanna-ish, but sometimes the sunny point of view turns out to be right. Yes, corporate money has hijacked democracy. And it's true that our two-party system often fails to offer real choices or reflect the will of the majority. Our corporate...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 24, 2012 | Blog
There's nothing to see here. Move along. Nothing, that is, but this report of a minor incident in Russellville, Arkansas: “Democratic Congressional candidate Ken Aden’s campaign manager returned home to find his family pet slaughtered, with the word 'liberal' painted...
by Terrance Heath | Jan 24, 2012 | Blog
Looking for a new drinking game for the remainder of the Republican debates? (According to the schedule, there's at least five more to go.) I've got one that, even with the remaining candidates, is guaranteed to put you under the table well before the end of the...
by Mary Bottari | Jan 24, 2012 | Blog
While volunteer after volunteer from each of Wisconsin's 72 counties marched into the state's election board to deposit over one million signatures for the recall of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, Walker was no where to be found. At the hour petitions were being...
