We discussed the implications of the Madison movement in an interview on “Russia Today” television yesterday. The interviewer started out by asking me about the President’s political position before we […]

Madison — Embattled Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker came under fire today after news broke about statements he made in a 20-minute phone call from a Boston-area alternative news reporter posing […]

Do you want to show your support for working people? Do you want to show your opposition to tax cuts for the rich forcing cuts in the the things government […]

What is the real agenda of the budget-cutters? Are they really trying to bring the country back from the edge of financial ruin? Or did they bring about the appearance […]

VIDEO: Why Others Should Join The Wisconsin Protests Campaign for America’s Future co-director Robert Borosage joins FireDogLake editor Jane Hamsher and Wisconsin AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer Stephanie Bloomingdale on Cenk Uygur’s show […]

Dig into the numbers of the latest Washington Post/Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard University poll on the recession and race and it’s easy to see how the Obama administration and congressional Democrats […]

Demanding bold solutions to today’s jobs crisis.Read the series » Register for The Summit on Jobs & America’s Future » Thousands are rallying in Wisconsin and across the nation to […]

Big things are happening in Wisconsin in response to Governor Walker’s assault on the rights of working people. The Governor is trying to end 50 years of collective bargaining for […]

[Originally posted at RobertReich.org.] New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a Republican presidential hopeful, says in order to “save” Social Security the retirement age should be raised. The media are congratulating […]

Governor Scott Walker, the self-described “Tea Party Governor” of Wisconsin, likes to present himself as a faux populist, standing against powerful public employee unions for the little guy. In fact, […]

… and just join the GOP: Bradley Tusk, a former Illinois deputy governor and New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s 2009 campaign manager, said that if Walker succeeds in the fight, […]

E.J. Dionne is half right: Take five steps back and consider the nature of the political conversation in our nation’s capital. You would never know that it’s taking place at […]

Some condescending politicians and pundits never miss an opportunity to talk down to the American people, especially when it comes to budgets. The members of Washington’s political “center” encounter one […]

This month, as protests swept the Middle East and toppled strongmen in Egypt and Tunisia, thousands of American adolescents rushed to see rising teen pop star Greyson Chance in concert. […]

In Wisconsin the Governor and Republican majority are trying to strip state employees of the right to collective bargaining. The are literally trying to “ram through” in a very short […]

Rep. George Miller calling out mock tough conservatives — and Gov Christie for that matter. What is the measure of political courage? It isn’t tough to kick poor kids. Finally […]

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is being puffed up by many conservatives as the refreshing, straight-talking principled budget slasher that could lead a nationwide right-wing resurgence. Yesterday, conservatives drooled as […]

A spectacular triumph of computing power invites us to think a bit about the work only we humans can do. The game show Jeopardy! drew record ratings earlier this week […]

It looks like the Republicans have decided they don’t need the votes of any people who work for the government or any of their families: If House Republicans succeed in […]

Covering CPAC was like stepping through the looking glass. It was like a lot of political conferences I’ve seen, just with the context flipped. Usually, these conferences are mix of […]

Believe it or not, the appearance of Donald Trump at CPAC was not the most surreal moment of my first day at the conference. That came later, but not by […]

Demanding bold solutions to today’s jobs crisis.Read the series » Register for The Summit on Jobs & America’s Future » I have to admit, I got a little excited during […]

President Obama is right. The Democrats got a "shellacking" in the midterm election. But not from the people who voted. And in a sense, the pundits and prognosticators are maybe […]

Demanding bold solutions to today’s jobs crisis.Read the series » Register for The Summit on Jobs & America’s Future » Governing for We, the People, or gutting for the benefit […]

Will DC wake up and smell the real economy? In DC and Wall Street the economy is just fine. In fact it couldn’t be better. Corporate profits and the stock […]