by Dave Johnson | Oct 20, 2011 | Blog
Our captured political institutions make themselves increasingly irrelevant by not addressing the problems of the 99%. Each day we see more examples of our government being "captured" by and serving the interests of the top 1% against the rest of us. Even as more and...
by Jeff Bryant | Oct 19, 2011 | Blog, Economy, Education
Last week's release of the report Starving America's Schools: How Budget Cuts and Policy Mandates Are Hurting Our Nation's Students set the stage for this week's chorus line calling for the U.S. Senate to pass a bill to fund teachers' jobs across the country. We know...
by Steven Capozzola | Oct 19, 2011 | Blog
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman has long been a cheerleader for globalism, and has led the charge for "free trade." One could say that his naive enthusiasm for the offshoring of U.S. manufacturing has contributed to lost manufacturing jobs in the U.S....
by Richard Eskow | Oct 19, 2011 | Blog
To say there's a lot that's wrong about Newt Gingrich's campaign is putting it mildly. (For one thing, its candidate is Newt Gingrich.) But he was right on the money last night when it came to the so-called "Super Committee." There was little else said of substance at...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 19, 2011 | Blog, China Currency Showdown
Last week, in These Are The House Republicans Blocking The Crackdown On China Currency Manipulation. Call Them. I named 61 House Republicans who had co-sponsored the China currency bill, but who now side with China by refusing to help force a vote on the bill. The...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 19, 2011 | Blog
What a mean group of people! But, then again, you knew that. Tuesday night's Republican presidential debate was often more caffeinated than usual, but aside from that it was the usual. All of the Republican candidates have one thing in common: They want to make...
