by Mary Bottari | Nov 9, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has promised to create 250,000 new jobs. In advance of a planned gubernatorial recall election, Walker announced last month that the State Legislature would focus "like a laser" on job creation. With his "special session" on jobs now...
by Robert Borosage | Nov 9, 2011 | Blog
Yesterday, Ohio voters overwhelmingly rejected the effort to revoke basic worker rights, delivering a stunning rebuke to conservative Gov. John Kasich. That spark was lit in Madison, Wisconsin last winter when workers took over the state capitol and launched...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 8, 2011 | Blog
There's talk that the president and other elected officials will try to tap the Occupy Wall Street movement's energy to boost their campaigns. It's good to see the rhetoric finally moving in the right direction. Even better, now there's an easy way to prove it isn't...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 8, 2011 | Blog
Our captured government won’t do its job. It doesn't keep Wall Street and banks and giant corporations from ripping us off and doesn't prosecute them after they do. It doesn't stop polluters - even as the effects of climate change increase. It doesn't enforce...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 8, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
The New Bottom Line, one of the organizations leading the "move your money" movement and the national "Bank Transfer Day" on Saturday, announced today that nearly $50 million had been removed from Bank of America and other Wall Street banks. With that as a start, the...
by | Nov 8, 2011 | Blog, The Sequester
Originally published at Capital Gains and Games. I predicted two things in the Sept. 6 Fiscal Fitness — the first published after the Budget Control Act was signed into law this past Aug. 2 — that are coming true faster than I, even on my most cynical days, would have...
