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...
by Sam Pizzigati | Oct 24, 2011 | Blog
Sam Pizzigati edits Too Much, the online weekly on excess and inequality published by the Washington, D.C.-based Institute for Policy Studies, where the following originally appeared. Can a small army of policy wonks, working in a bipartisan political environment...
