by Jeff Bryant | Jan 25, 2012 | Blog, Education
Reflecting on last night's State of the Union address to the nation, most opinion outlets are declaring that President Obama is now more overtly resorting to a "populist message" to rally Democrats and appeal to independents who are frustrated with stalemate in...
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...