by Richard Eskow | Sep 29, 2011 | Blog
The other day we spoke to RT Television about our search for the #OccupyWallStreet demonstrations in a lower Manhattan that almost felt as if it were under military siege. That led to a conversation about the protests -- what they're protesting, the importance...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 29, 2011 | Blog, Economy, Minimum Wage
Republicans have cooled on Texas governor Rick Perry as their great white hope for 2012, but their desire to make the rest of the country look more like Texas — economically, that is — hasn't. In fact, it's hotter than ever. Despite the fact that Texas leads the...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 28, 2011 | Blog
At next week's Take Back The American Dream conference I'm on the Tuesday panel titled Strategy on State Level for Buy America Campaign. Please stop by if you are at the conference. Buy American in government procurement is not a partisan issue. Polls show that people...
by Robert Borosage | Sep 28, 2011 | Blog
On Monday's "The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann", Robert Borosage discussed the need for an independent progressive movement to wrest power from the entrenched financial interests that obstruct transformational change, and how that movement will come together at the...