Stacking the Deck: The Phony ‘Fix the Debt’ Campaign Stacking the Deck: The Phony ‘Fix the Debt’ Campaign
Pete Peterson’s $60 million push to sell corporate America’s ruthless austerity agenda.
Feb 20, 2013 / Feature / The Editors
The Austerity Agenda: An Electoral Loser The Austerity Agenda: An Electoral Loser
Candidates who ran on slashing Medicare and Social Security lost big in November. But that doesn’t stop Pete Peterson from pushing the fantasy that voters’ biggest conc...
Feb 20, 2013 / Feature / John Nichols
Pete Peterson’s Long History of Deficit Scaremongering Pete Peterson’s Long History of Deficit Scaremongering
The man behind Fix the Debt has spent decades trying to foment panic over a looming economic disaster, with little to show for it.
Feb 20, 2013 / Feature / Lisa Graves
Pete Peterson’s Puppet Populists Pete Peterson’s Puppet Populists
The “Fix the Debt” campaign is pure astroturf: corporate cash machinery masquerading as a grassroots uprising.
Feb 20, 2013 / Feature / Mary Bottari
Fix the Debt’s Fuzzy Math Fix the Debt’s Fuzzy Math
Dire warnings about the deficit don’t add up mathematically. But then, Fix the Debt is not really about the economy, it’s about gutting Medicare, Social Security and ot...
Feb 20, 2013 / Feature / Dean Baker
Sequestration Is Austerity, but Not Enough for Simpson and Bowles Sequestration Is Austerity, but Not Enough for Simpson and Bowles
The front men for the austerity agenda are back with plans to cut Social Security and redistribute wealth upward.
Feb 19, 2013 / Blog / John Nichols
Letter From Tanzania II: A Visit to the US Embassy Letter From Tanzania II: A Visit to the US Embassy
The country needs more foreign aid to develop infrastructure amid the effects of climate change, but don’t look to the private sector.
Feb 19, 2013 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Ten Things You Should Know About #TheRealTANF Ten Things You Should Know About #TheRealTANF
TANF authorization expires at the end of March. The program isn’t what you think it is.
Feb 19, 2013 / Blog / Greg Kaufmann
Wall Street Wins Again? Not So Fast. Wall Street Wins Again? Not So Fast.
A task force exists to prosecute those who cause the housing crisis. Now we need to help it get to work.
Feb 18, 2013 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
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Greek Workers Take Over a Factory [Video Interview] Greek Workers Take Over a Factory [Video Interview]
On GRITtv, a member of the Open Solidarity Initiative discusses the ongoing occupation of a Greek factory.
Feb 15, 2013 / Blog / Laura Flanders