Economy

Sal Rosselli: Empowering the Labor Movement Sal Rosselli: Empowering the Labor Movement

Unions have no permanent political friends nor permanent political enemies. Unions only have permanent political issues.

Aug 4, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions

After the Debt-Ceiling Debacle

After the Debt-Ceiling Debacle After the Debt-Ceiling Debacle

Maybe now we can get back to making sense of news about the real economy and the struggles people are experiencing every day.

Aug 4, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Spending Cuts Are Two Sacred Cows Strapped Together With a Time Bomb The Spending Cuts Are Two Sacred Cows Strapped Together With a Time Bomb

This “Super” Committee is actually a ticking time bomb strapped to two sacred cows: military spending and social spending.

Aug 4, 2011 / Press Room

The Spending Cuts Are Two Sacred Cows Strapped Together With a Time Bomb The Spending Cuts Are Two Sacred Cows Strapped Together With a Time Bomb

This "Super" Committee is actually a ticking time bomb strapped to two sacred cows: military spending and social spending.

Aug 4, 2011 / MSNBC

Koch Brothers Group Games Wisconsin Recalls Koch Brothers Group Games Wisconsin Recalls

Americans for Prosperity just sent misleading information about voting to thousands of Wisconsinites.

Aug 3, 2011 / John Nichols

The Recovery Is Dead, Long Live the Recovery The Recovery Is Dead, Long Live the Recovery

The die has been cast. Obama’s deal to raise the debt ceiling is a disaster in the making.

Aug 3, 2011 / Robert Scheer

Senate Approves Debt Deal, as Palin Declares Tea Party ‘Victory’

Senate Approves Debt Deal, as Palin Declares Tea Party ‘Victory’ Senate Approves Debt Deal, as Palin Declares Tea Party ‘Victory’

A Democratic Senate endorses a plan that Bernie Sanders warns risks “devastating cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid...”

Aug 2, 2011 / John Nichols

Melissa Harris-Perry: Voters Are Crying Out for Economic Recovery Melissa Harris-Perry: Voters Are Crying Out for Economic Recovery

Melissa Harris-Perry argues that the debt deal will only make it more difficult for the federal government to foster the economic recovery the American people so desperately want.

Aug 2, 2011 / Press Room

Katrina vanden Heuvel: Debt Deal Exposes America’s Democratic Deficit Katrina vanden Heuvel: Debt Deal Exposes America’s Democratic Deficit

The political and economic elite are drifting further and further away from the rest of the country.

Aug 2, 2011 / Press Room

Melissa Harris-Perry: Voters Are Crying Out for Economic Recovery Melissa Harris-Perry: Voters Are Crying Out for Economic Recovery

Melissa Harris-Perry argues that the debt deal will only make it more difficult for the federal government to foster the economic recovery the American people so desperately want.

Aug 2, 2011 / MSNBC

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