by Eric Lotke | Oct 25, 2011 | Blog
I’ve been spending evenings and weekends recently with the Occupy protestors in DC. I can’t stay full time because, unlike many protestors, I have two children and a full-time job. But I clearly share their interests and I’m glad they’re making the ruckus. Our economy...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 24, 2011 | Blog
Imagine that a group of arsonists was terrorizing your town. First they'd buy insurance on a stranger's home, then they'd show up with a blowtorch and a tanker truck filled with gasoline and burn the place down. Imagine that they've burned down a thousand homes this...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 24, 2011 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Former Godfather's Pizza CEO Herman Cain's comment a couple of weeks ago that "I don't believe racism in this country today holds anybody back in a big way" didn't cause much of a national stir when he made it. Why would it, when a mixed-race African American is...
by Terrance Heath | Oct 24, 2011 | Blog
The "Tea Party To Businesses: 'Stop Hiring!'" story has really taken off. Even Stephen Colbert has covered it. The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive I didn't get to be on "The Colbert Show"...
by Leo Gerard | Oct 24, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
Republicans jammed together a mess of old, failed and vague schemes and called it a jobs bill. Sen. John McCain conceded the reason for the rehash: “Part of it is in response to the president saying we don’t have a proposal.” They still don’t. This despite the fact...
