The Fall of the American Consumer The Fall of the American Consumer
We have been the world's designated shoppers, and, if we fall down on the job, we take the global economy with us.
Mar 11, 2008 / Barbara Ehrenreich
Campaign For Sensible Priorities Campaign For Sensible Priorities
One more thing about the budget. Every time you hear some blowhard talking about the scourge of earmarks remember this chart to keep it all in perspective.
Mar 11, 2008 / Chris Hayes
More Revenue! More Revenue!
The senate's been debating the budget the last day and a half, and it's generally been an unedifying show. Republican senators talk exclusively about tax cuts and reigning in spen...
Mar 11, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Who is David Paterson? Who is David Paterson?
With the stunning Spitzer sex scandal looking like it can only end with the New York governor's resignation, Lt. Governor David Paterson is set to become the new chief executive o...
Mar 11, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
David Paterson: Activist, Progressive…Governor David Paterson: Activist, Progressive…Governor
In 1999, when New York City activists organized civil disobedience to protest the police shooting of African-immigrant Amadou Diallo, one of New York state's most prominent legisl...
Mar 11, 2008 / John Nichols
What Goes Up What Goes Up
Stocks of private equity companies, most notably Blackstone, are tanking. Of course the magic of leverage is that a little bit of up front capital can be turned into massive prof...
Mar 11, 2008 / Chris Hayes
The Math on Government Spending The Math on Government Spending
Proving once and for all that progressive economic projects are worth more than tax cuts.
Mar 11, 2008 / Daniel Carol
The Spitzer Scandal The Spitzer Scandal
For all the sordid and developing details of Eliot Spitzer's rendezvous with a high-priced prostitute, go to TPM's excerpt of the actual prosecutor filings on Temeka Rachelle Lewis...
Mar 10, 2008 / Richard Kim
Back of the Bus Back of the Bus
I try not to post here too much about the campaign, mostly because I don't quite trust myself to be completely fair at this point, but it must be said that the recent jive from th...
Mar 10, 2008 / Chris Hayes
The Dark Side of the Moon The Dark Side of the Moon
Well, I don't have much to add to all the frenetic speculation and schaundenfraude following word that Eliot Spitzer has been linked to a prostitution ring. But the whole sordid m...
Mar 10, 2008 / Chris Hayes