by Richard Eskow | Sep 30, 2011 | Blog
Progressives may sometimes feel like they're in a backdoor high-school affair with the President. You know the kind: The popular kid will make out with someone from the wrong side of the tracks. But he'll only take a rich kid from "the right kind of family" to the...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 29, 2011 | Blog, China Currency Showdown, Making it in America
The fight to get China to stop their currency manipulation is heating up. China keeps its currency very low, giving their goods a huge price advantage even before all their other trade manipulations come into play. This costs us jobs, factories, companies and entire...
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...
