by Leo Gerard | Jan 24, 2012 | Blog
Four years ago, Cooper Tire told its workers they’d have to sacrifice to save the company. With a straight face, Cooper executives said it was essential for the corporation’s survival that workers take tens of millions in pay and benefit cuts. The workers understood...
by Bill Scher | Jan 24, 2012 | Blog
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy ROMNEY: Under that plan, I'd have paid no taxes in the last two years. *** Now that we have seen Mitt Romney's tax returns and have a clearer glimpse at how the Bush-shaped tax code continues to...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 24, 2012 | Blog
Like a lot of former Obama voters, I've had my issues with the President. Sure, it helped when he sang that Al Green song at the Apollo Theater last week. (Good job, Mr. President! Good pitch and an appropriately understated delivery.) But in a time of uncertainty...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 24, 2012 | Blog
Today there were reports of an agreement between the nation's five biggest banks, a number of state Attorneys General, and several Federal agencies. The specifics weren't available, but the agreement appeared to settle a number of potential civil and criminal charges...
by Robert Borosage | Jan 24, 2012 | Blog
As President Obama takes the stage tonight, he has one major thing going for him. It’s not the economy, which still leaves Americans fearful. It’s not his eloquence; pundits have even taken to disparaging his “full paragraphs” as not as forceful as Gingrich’s sound...
