by Mary Bottari | Sep 15, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
Janesville, WI -- As President Obama gets ready for his big jobs speech Thursday, America's nurses have a message for him. "Heal America, Tax Wall Street!" the signs read as nurses rallied in front of 61 Congressional offices recently. The nurses are proposing a bold...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 29, 2011 | Blog, Economy, Financial Reform, Minimum Wage
A lot of people in the media are so afraid of offending anyone that they can't even tell the truth about the man whose memorial is being unveiled this weekend in Washington. Their coverage could give you the impression that the purpose of Martin Luther King, Jr's life...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 28, 2011 | Blog, Economy, Financial Reform, Minimum Wage
A lot of people in the media are so afraid of offending anyone with controversial truths that they can't even tell the truth about the man whose holiday we're celebrating this weekend. Their coverage could give you the impression that the purpose of Martin Luther...
by Richard Eskow | Jul 25, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
"Who does Standard & Poor's think it is?" asks Matt Miller, the reasonable and congenial host who represents the "center" on NPR's "Left, Right, and Center." Miller's understandably outraged that this discredited organization still has so much power and influence. But...
by Robert Borosage | Jun 14, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
The following is an oped published in USA Today, rebutting the paper's editorial stance against additional stimulus. You can read the editorial board's case here. Twenty-five million people are in need of full-time work. This is a human, social and economic calamity;...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 8, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
One of Wall Street's most brazen disinformation campaigns ever on behalf of a naked money grab from consumers comes to a head on the Senate floor this afternoon, in a vote that will force senators to choose between protecting consumers and legalizing extortion. Sen....