by Terrance Heath | Jan 18, 2012 | Blog
It if seemed as though Newt Gingrich — veteran of pitched partisan battles, and no-holds-barred ideological cage matches — had been off his game of late, he came roaring back during the GOP debate in South Carolina. After flip-flopping on his attacks on Mitt Romney's...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 17, 2012 | Blog
In the fight over what little soul is left of the Republican Party, Mitt Romney has shown his willingness to double down on racial injustice. Romney did so in his support for the expansion of laws that deny people convicted of felonies the right to vote after they...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 13, 2012 | Blog
"We could use a massive, dramatic confrontation on behalf of the more than 27 million who are unemployed or underemployed today," I wrote one year ago. "The spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. would certainly be in its midst." Little did I know when I wrote those words...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 13, 2012 | Blog, Economy, Minimum Wage
Here it comes again. This holiday weekend we'll see a lot of media coverage of Martin Luther King, Jr. But we'll hear very little about what he really was - a brave and visionary leader whose vision is as relevant today as ever. One year ago I listed ten quotes by Dr....