by Leo Gerard | Jan 3, 2012 | Blog
‘Tis the season of resolutions. With the new year comes pledges to quit smoking, get out of debt and spend more time with family. Gym memberships jump. Weight Watchers’ profits fatten. This also happens to be the season of political resolutions. It’s that...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 2, 2012 | Blog
The other day I was asked what one single thing could do the most to save our economy. What one idea or tool might help us create a more just society? My answer was "shame." Shame isn't always a wasted or negative emotion. On the contrary, it can perform an important...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 31, 2011 | Blog
Our lives are defined by invisible wars, wars whose theater of combat is the human imagination. These economic and political wars are waged year in and year out, decade after decade, century after century. Words are the weapons of choice in these wars, and the...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 30, 2011 | Blog
You may have heard that Verizon is going to charge customers a $2 "convenience fee" to pay their bills online. You may not have heard that Verizon is asking its workers to take cuts in their pensions, sick pay, health insurance, even disability for employees injured...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 30, 2011 | Blog
I heard one of my favorite holiday songs on the radio yesterday — John Lennon's "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)." I've always loved it, but this year it holds special meaning for me — especially the children of the Harlem Community Choir singing "War is over, if you want...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 30, 2011 | Blog
At the end of the year the Washington Post published as "news" a story, "Support grows for tackling nation's debt" that pushed the idea of "a special commission to make the tough decisions that will be required to dig the nation out of debt" and "rein in skyrocketing...
