by | Oct 25, 2010 | Blog
We're working with some of the best state-level bloggers from around the country to help us tell the truth about key economic and social policy issues, and to draw the contrast between the rhetoric of the right and the progressive alternative. Please visit our CAF...
by | Oct 25, 2010 | Blog
We're working with some of the best state-level bloggers from around the country to help us tell the truth about key economic and social policy issues, and to draw the contrast between the rhetoric of the right and the progressive alternative. Please visit our CAF...
by | Oct 25, 2010 | Blog
We're working with some of the best state-level bloggers from around the country to help us tell the truth about key economic and social policy issues, and to draw the contrast between the rhetoric of the right and the progressive alternative. Please visit our CAF...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 25, 2010 | Blog
(Note: The words that appear in red are links that you can click.) There are a number things the public "knows" as we head into the election that are just false. If people elect leaders based on false information, the things those leaders do in office will not be what...
by Bill Scher | Oct 25, 2010 | Uncategorized
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to affect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. Corporate Drive To Buy Election...
by Sam Pizzigati | Oct 24, 2010 | Blog
Conservatives expected human genome research to help prove that nature, not unequal social orders, determines who ends up sick and poor. But our genes have refused to cooperate. A clinical psychologist noted for his observations on how inequality impacts what's...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 24, 2010 | Blog
Before I start this post, let's look at the actual situation. The economy is terrible, people are really hurting, they have been holding out and are starting to drop off the map. There are signs that with the stimulus fading things are starting to turn back down. But...
by Zach Carter | Oct 22, 2010 | Blog
There’s been plenty of recent media attention to the prospect of investor lawsuits over fraudulent mortgages and mortgage securities. But investor lawsuits against mortgage servicers could be even more damaging than these other lines of legal inquiry. The four largest...
by Robert Borosage | Oct 22, 2010 | Blog
The following was originally published in Politico. Republicans dub their congressional challengers the Young Guns, who proclaim a reborn conservative fealty to balanced budgets, small government and free markets. At the same time, their campaigns are fueled by what...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 22, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
GOP candidates are making a point of running against "bailouts" this year. Yet even as they rail about rescuing big banks, they're working on a plan that would slip those same banks an estimated $90 billion in taxpayer money ... and that's just in the first ten years....
by Sara Robinson | Oct 22, 2010 | Blog
In August 2009, I wrote a piece titled Fascist America: Are We There Yet? that sparked much discussion on both the left and right ends of the blogosphere. In it, I argued that -- according to the best scholarship on how fascist regimes emerge -- America was on a path...
by Bill Scher | Oct 22, 2010 | Blog
It's been 20 months since Barack Obama was inaugurated, and five years since George Bush's attempt to privatize Social Security were completely rejected by the public. How have conservatives reacted to their decades-long futile attempt to destroy the popular pillar of...
by Bill Scher | Oct 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to affect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. How Far Will a GOP Congress Go?...
by Bill Scher | Oct 21, 2010 | Blog
Yesterday, the White House released another sharp "White House Whiteboard" video featuring economic advisor Austan Goolsbee clearly explaining how the Recovery Act and additional legislation successfully blunted the recession and put us back on the path of positive...
by Bill Scher | Oct 21, 2010 | Blog
Are you progressive? Young? Person of color? Well, then the pollsters say you are not a "likely voter." And the media thinks if you are not a pollster-approved "likely voter" – even though the pollsters themselves can't agree what exactly makes you a pollster-approved...
by Bill Scher | Oct 21, 2010 | Uncategorized
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to affect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. Small Government Conservatives...
by Zach Carter | Oct 20, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
Foreclosure fraud is ruffling a lot of feathers on Wall Street, and while the full scope of losses remains unclear, even major banks are now acknowledging that this is a multi-billion-dollar disaster, not just a set of minor paperwork headaches. So how bad will it get...
by Zach Carter | Oct 20, 2010 | Blog
The so-called “centrists” at Third Way Foundation have come out against a national foreclosure moratorium, but like many of Third Way’s policies, there’s nothing centrist about their opposition. Third Way is simply throwing American homeowners under the bus in the...
by | Oct 20, 2010 | Blog
It’s amazing that Social Security is again on the republican party chopping block after George W. Bush’s failed strategy to privatize the system for about 9 months after the 2004 election. Some permutation of Bush's plan is under discussion in no less than...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 20, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
At the center of the foreclosure fraud crisis lies something called "MERS," which is usually described in news reports as a computer system and database. But a thorough review of the company's publicly available documents show it's much more than that. We reviewed...
by Bill Scher | Oct 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to affect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. Tea Party Plan: No Minimum Wage, No...
by Steven Capozzola | Oct 20, 2010 | Blog
In advance of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s visit to China tomorrow, members of the House Populist Caucus today issued a statement urging him to release a determination on Chinese currency manipulation. The Populist Caucus includes: Reps. Bruce Braley (D-IA),...
by Steven Capozzola | Oct 20, 2010 | Blog, Making it in America
Scott Boos at the Alliance for American Manufacturing has published an analysis of Congressional efforts to boost domestic clean energy technology and producton... Yesterday, the House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing to “examine the effectiveness of current...
by Steven Capozzola | Oct 20, 2010 | Blog
The Census has been purchasing promotional materials for Census 2010 that were manufactured overseas, and Congressman Dan Lipinski (D-IL) is not happy about it.
by Steven Capozzola | Oct 20, 2010 | Blog, Economy, Making it in America
On Thursday, April 22, 2010, the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day, groups representing workers, industry, and environmental groups will be lobbying Senate offices, urging members to support policies that ensure American manufacturing capacity is used to meet the...
by Steven Capozzola | Oct 20, 2010 | Blog, Making it in America
When will we learn that outsourcing to China proves hazardous to our health?... The Miley Cyrus line of bracelets and necklaces contain toxic levels of cadmium. As the Associated Press and USA Today are reporting, the jewelry (which was made in China) is dangerous to...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 19, 2010 | Blog, Making it in America
The Canton, Ohio "Keep It Made In America" Town Hall meeting was at the Kent State University Stark Campus this evening. Lieutenant Governor and Senate candidate Lee Fisher spoke. His opponent, Rob Portman, (U. S. Trade Representative under George W. Bush) was also...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 19, 2010 | Blog, Making it in America
Last night's "Keep It Made In America" Town Hall meeting was at the Bayfront Convention Center in Erie, Pennsylvania. Kyle Foust, Chairman of the Erie County Council welcomed the attendees and led off the Town Hall meeting, quoting Hubert Humphrey: "No country ever...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 19, 2010 | Blog, Economy
Did you know that almost every conservative politician in the country has signed a pledge to encourage big multinational corporations to keep sending jobs out of the country? Grover Norquist, head of the lobbying organization Americans for Tax Reform, is one of the...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 19, 2010 | Blog, Economy, Financial Reform
Editor's Note: This is the last in a series of "Making Sense" fact sheets on key economic issues to help you win the debate on the core issues facing middle-class families. Each fact sheet contains information, talking points and resources you can use to make the case...
by Bill Scher | Oct 19, 2010 | Uncategorized
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to affect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. Tea Party Will Watch Infrastructure...
by Terrance Heath | Oct 19, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
Editor's Note: We're publishing a series of "Making Sense" fact sheets on key economic issues to help you win the debate on the core issues facing middle-class families. Each fact sheet contains information, talking points and resources you can use to make the case...
by Zach Carter | Oct 18, 2010 | Blog
The bank lobby is spreading a host of silly myths about the foreclosure fraud outbreak in an effort to downplay the scandal and minimize concerns over potential bank losses that have emerged in the blogosphere. Housing Wire’s Paul Jackson spouts most of them in his...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 18, 2010 | Blog
On Friday the US International Trade Commission (ITC) determined that US producers are harmed by Chinese "dumping" (selling below cost, government subsidies...) of seamless pipe. This was in response to a a joint petition of the United Steelworkers and U.S. pipe...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 18, 2010 | Blog, Making it in America
I'll be in Erie, PA to cover a "Keep It Made In America" Town Hall this evening. If you are in the Erie, PA area, tonight's event will be at 5:30 pm at the Bayfront Convention Center will feature the following guests: Scott Paul, Executive Director, Alliance for...
by Bill Scher | Oct 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to affect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. Workers Aim To Prevent GOP Takeover...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 18, 2010 | Blog, Making it in America
Driving across Ohio toward Wheeling you pass one small manufacturing company after another - but not too many with lots of cars in the employee parking lot. I stopped in a coffee shop in a small township. They offered me a cookie, and when I declined, the owner said,...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 18, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
Jamie Dimon and the other mega-bankers who derailed the economy have a new PR campaign to sell you. They're saying that families who can't pay their mortgages must bear the blame - all the blame - for the foreclosure crisis. That means the public should just ignore...
by Sam Pizzigati | Oct 17, 2010 | Blog
Despite our current global economic hard times, says a new study from banking giant Credit Suisse, the world has more than enough wealth to ensure every adult on it a significant personal net-worth nest egg. By Sam Pizzigati Who owns, right now, the wealth of the...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 17, 2010 | Blog
Thursday evening I attended the "Keep It Made In America" Town Hall in the John Spitzer Conference Center at Lorain County Community College, an impressive, large campus. Lorain, Ohio is another town with closed factories, boarded-up houses, high unemployment, and...
