Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Tim Geithner: Tough Financial Regulation Benefits Well-Managed Firms

Tim Geithner: Tough Financial Regulation Benefits Well-Managed Firms

Massachusetts Rejects Secure Communities Immigration Enforcement Program

Massachusetts Rejects Secure Communities Immigration Enforcement Program

Michael Thornton: More Long-Term Unemployed, More 99ers, More Despair, but Less Government and Private Sector Action on Jobs

Michael Thornton: More Long-Term Unemployed, More 99ers, More Despair, but Less Government and Private Sector Action on Jobs

Mike Lux: Our Economy's Best Chance

Mike Lux: Our Economy's Best Chance

Dodd-Frank Failing On Volcker Rule, Derivatives, Credit Rating Agencies - Agustino Fontevecchia - Moral Hazard - Forbes

Dodd-Frank Failing On Volcker Rule, Derivatives, Credit Rating Agencies - Agustino Fontevecchia - Moral Hazard - Forbes

No Recovery Possible While U.S. Consumer Continues Deleveraging - Agustino Fontevecchia - Moral Hazard - Forbes

No Recovery Possible While U.S. Consumer Continues Deleveraging - Agustino Fontevecchia - Moral Hazard - Forbes

Ten Years Of The Bush Tax Cuts | ThinkProgress

Ten Years Of The Bush Tax Cuts | ThinkProgress

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

The Maddow Blog - Chart: The myth of shared sacrifice

The Maddow Blog - Chart: The myth of shared sacrifice

Would ending corporate tax breaks make dent in deficit? | McClatchy

Would ending corporate tax breaks make dent in deficit? | McClatchy

Who's responsible for health-care fraud? - Ezra Klein - The Washington Post

Who's responsible for health-care fraud? - Ezra Klein - The Washington Post

GOP governors playing with fire - Ezra Klein - The Washington Post

GOP governors playing with fire - Ezra Klein - The Washington Post

Structure of a recession, Part 2 - Ezra Klein - The Washington Post

Structure of a recession, Part 2 - Ezra Klein - The Washington Post

Is the U.S. doing teacher reform all wrong? - Ezra Klein - The Washington Post

Is the U.S. doing teacher reform all wrong? - Ezra Klein - The Washington Post

Doctors Soften Their Stance on Obama’s Health Overhaul - NYTimes.com

Doctors Soften Their Stance on Obama’s Health Overhaul - NYTimes.com

Government regulations save lives on the job

Government regulations save lives on the job

Structure of a recession, part 1 - Ezra Klein - The Washington Post

Structure of a recession, part 1 - Ezra Klein - The Washington Post

What more could Obama have done? - Ezra Klein - The Washington Post

What more could Obama have done? - Ezra Klein - The Washington Post

GOP Medicare privatization plan is like employer-sponsored insurance. And that’s not a good thing. - Ezra Klein - The Washington Post

GOP Medicare privatization plan is like employer-sponsored insurance. And that’s not a good thing. - Ezra Klein - The Washington Post

As physicians change, will the AMA? - Ezra Klein - The Washington Post

As physicians change, will the AMA? - Ezra Klein - The Washington Post

Health policy tectonics - Ezra Klein - The Washington Post

Health policy tectonics - Ezra Klein - The Washington Post

What if America runs out of primary-care doctors? - Ezra Klein - The Washington Post

What if America runs out of primary-care doctors? - Ezra Klein - The Washington Post

Wonkbook: Debt limit vote, part I - Ezra Klein - The Washington Post

Wonkbook: Debt limit vote, part I - Ezra Klein - The Washington Post

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Lots of debt plans - Ezra Klein - The Washington Post

Lots of debt plans - Ezra Klein - The Washington Post

Open government sites scrapped due to budget cuts - The Federal Eye - The Washington Post

Open government sites scrapped due to budget cuts - The Federal Eye - The Washington Post

Richard (RJ) Eskow: Rep. McHenry's Wall Street Goon Squad Targets Prof. Warren -- and America's Consumers

Richard (RJ) Eskow: Rep. McHenry's Wall Street Goon Squad Targets Prof. Warren -- and America's Consumers

Retirement And The Recession: Savings Destroyed For One Out Of Four Older Workers, Says AARP Survey

Retirement And The Recession: Savings Destroyed For One Out Of Four Older Workers, Says AARP Survey

The Wake-Up Call: House GOP Seeks Big Cuts To FDA, Food Safety Inspectors

The Wake-Up Call: House GOP Seeks Big Cuts To FDA, Food Safety Inspectors

Robo-Signing Continues On Key Land Records In North Carolina

Robo-Signing Continues On Key Land Records In North Carolina

Dan Sweeney: Want Better Income Equality? Raise Taxes.

Dan Sweeney: Want Better Income Equality? Raise Taxes.

Elizabeth Warren Called Liar At CFPB Hearing By Republicans Who Botched Facts On Agency (VIDEO)

Elizabeth Warren Called Liar At CFPB Hearing By Republicans Who Botched Facts On Agency (VIDEO)

New York 26 Special Election: What To Watch For

New York 26 Special Election: What To Watch For

The Wake-Up Call: House GOP Seeks Big Cuts To FDA, Food Safety Inspectors

The Wake-Up Call: House GOP Seeks Big Cuts To FDA, Food Safety Inspectors

Sparks fly at hearing on consumer protection bureau | McClatchy

Sparks fly at hearing on consumer protection bureau | McClatchy

Gretchen Morgenson: The 'Reckless' Origins Of The Financial Meltdown : NPR

Gretchen Morgenson: The 'Reckless' Origins Of The Financial Meltdown : NPR

The liberal case for genetic determinism, or maybe the genetic determinist’s case for liberalism - Ezra Klein - The Washington Post

The liberal case for genetic determinism, or maybe the genetic determinist’s case for liberalism - Ezra Klein - The Washington Post

Off the Charts Blog | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | Blog Archive | Safety Net Fraying for the Very Poorest

Off the Charts Blog | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | Blog Archive | Safety Net Fraying for the Very Poorest

Monday, April 25, 2011

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Amber Day: Why More Americans Are Being Informed and Entertained by Satire Than Ever Before

Amber Day: Why More Americans Are Being Informed and Entertained by Satire Than Ever Before

Donald Kaul: My Favorite Republican

Donald Kaul: My Favorite Republican

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Faces Backlash For Threatening Public Workers

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Faces Backlash For Threatening Public Workers

Mark Axelrod: Reagan: The Dark Side of the Script

Mark Axelrod: Reagan: The Dark Side of the Script

'The Watchdog': Interior's Oil And Gas Program Slammed As 'High-Risk' By GAO

'The Watchdog': Interior's Oil And Gas Program Slammed As 'High-Risk' By GAO

Stanley Kutler: Whose Constitution?

Stanley Kutler: Whose Constitution?

Robert Scheer: Home Sweet Wall Street

Robert Scheer: Home Sweet Wall Street

Russ Feingold Launches 'Progressives United' To Combat Corporate Influences In Politics

Russ Feingold Launches 'Progressives United' To Combat Corporate Influences In Politics

Businesses' Hit List: The Regulations They Hate The Most

Businesses' Hit List: The Regulations They Hate The Most

'The Watchdog': Raw Milk Is A Cosmetic? FX Fraud May Be Next Big Scandal

'The Watchdog': Raw Milk Is A Cosmetic? FX Fraud May Be Next Big Scandal

Richard (RJ) Eskow: Five Things Everybody Knows About Deficits ... That Are Completely Untrue

Richard (RJ) Eskow: Five Things Everybody Knows About Deficits ... That Are Completely Untrue

Robert Reich: Why We Should Raise Taxes on the Super-Rich and Lower Them on the Middle Class

Robert Reich: Why We Should Raise Taxes on the Super-Rich and Lower Them on the Middle Class

Ian Fletcher: America's Trade Deficit Is, Too, Real Money

Ian Fletcher: America's Trade Deficit Is, Too, Real Money

Project On Government Oversight: JSF Likely Far More Expensive Than Aircraft They're Replacing

Project On Government Oversight: JSF Likely Far More Expensive Than Aircraft They're Replacing

Phineas Baxandall: In The Public Interest: A (Non)Taxing Issue

Phineas Baxandall: In The Public Interest: A (Non)Taxing Issue

Mike Lux: A Tale of Two Budgets

Mike Lux: A Tale of Two Budgets

Robert L. Borosage: Succor the Rich, Suffer the Child

Robert L. Borosage: Succor the Rich, Suffer the Child

Scott Turow: Let-Them-Eat-Cake-Attitude Threatens to Destroy a Network of Public Assets

Scott Turow: Let-Them-Eat-Cake-Attitude Threatens to Destroy a Network of Public Assets

House Drafts More Than 400 Amendments To 2012 Budget Proposal

House Drafts More Than 400 Amendments To 2012 Budget Proposal

Mark Olmsted: Tea, Taxation and Tyranny

Mark Olmsted: Tea, Taxation and Tyranny

Ramesh Srinivasan: The Net Worth of Open Networks

Ramesh Srinivasan: The Net Worth of Open Networks

Bob Samuels: Forget Obama and the Tea Party: Let's Start an Independent Online Progressive Party

Bob Samuels: Forget Obama and the Tea Party: Let's Start an Independent Online Progressive Party

Daniel Cluchey: The Founding Fathers Were Not Libertarians

Daniel Cluchey: The Founding Fathers Were Not Libertarians

Rick Horowitz: Budget Fight: Believers, True and Otherwise

Rick Horowitz: Budget Fight: Believers, True and Otherwise

Robert J. Elisberg: The Hole Truth About the Republican Party

Robert J. Elisberg: The Hole Truth About the Republican Party

Rob Johnson: Who Is Influencing Obama's Budget Proposal? Follow the Funders

Rob Johnson: Who Is Influencing Obama's Budget Proposal? Follow the Funders

Leo Hindery, Jr.: The Myths of Offshoring - The Imperative of Manufacturing

Leo Hindery, Jr.: The Myths of Offshoring - The Imperative of Manufacturing

Robert Creamer: No Mr. Boehner, America is Not "Broke"

Robert Creamer: No Mr. Boehner, America is Not "Broke"

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Chris Weigant: Budget Season Overview

Chris Weigant: Budget Season Overview

Chris Weigant: Budget Season Overview

Chris Weigant: Budget Season Overview

Plouffe: Obama Won't "Slash" Or "Reduce" Social Security Benefits

Plouffe: Obama Won't "Slash" Or "Reduce" Social Security Benefits

Chris Weigant: Budget Season Overview

Chris Weigant: Budget Season Overview

Wendell Potter: Public Option Is Alive in CT, But Insurers' BFFs Are Out to Kill It

Wendell Potter: Public Option Is Alive in CT, But Insurers' BFFs Are Out to Kill It

Lance Simmens: A Call For Civility

Lance Simmens: A Call For Civility

Dr. Jim Taylor: 3 Words We Need in Politics

Dr. Jim Taylor: 3 Words We Need in Politics

Terry Newell: Shaping Public Policy: The Anchor Problem

Terry Newell: Shaping Public Policy: The Anchor Problem

W. David Stephenson: Simple Tech Tool Could Cut Billions in Spending, Help Both Parties

W. David Stephenson: Simple Tech Tool Could Cut Billions in Spending, Help Both Parties

Shirley Sagawa: Why Conservatives Should Love AmeriCorps, Not Kill It

Shirley Sagawa: Why Conservatives Should Love AmeriCorps, Not Kill It

Robert Reich: The Obama Budget: And Why the Coming Debate Over Spending Cuts Has Nothing to Do With Reviving the Economy

Robert Reich: The Obama Budget: And Why the Coming Debate Over Spending Cuts Has Nothing to Do With Reviving the Economy

Dave Johnson: Nine Pictures of the Extreme Income/Wealth Gap

Dave Johnson: Nine Pictures of the Extreme Income/Wealth Gap

Richard (RJ) Eskow: First Person Politician: Video Game Politics And The Battle Of The Budgets

Richard (RJ) Eskow: First Person Politician: Video Game Politics And The Battle Of The Budgets

Bernard Starr: The Right to Bear Arms for National Defense. Wrong!

Bernard Starr: The Right to Bear Arms for National Defense. Wrong!

James K. Galbraith: Deficit Hawks Down: The Misconstrued "Facts" Behind Their Hype

James K. Galbraith: Deficit Hawks Down: The Misconstrued "Facts" Behind Their Hype

Ray Suarez: Immigration

Ray Suarez: Immigration

Robert Kuttner: From Depression to Public Inspiration

Robert Kuttner: From Depression to Public Inspiration

David Coates: Obama and Housing -- Is Anybody Home?

David Coates: Obama and Housing -- Is Anybody Home?

Charles Feldman: Jerry Brown's Big Gamble

Charles Feldman: Jerry Brown's Big Gamble

Shawna Vercher: Rick Scott Tells Floridians to Eat Cake

Shawna Vercher: Rick Scott Tells Floridians to Eat Cake

Cheryl Wills: Ron Paul and the Wealth Gap

Cheryl Wills: Ron Paul and the Wealth Gap

Al Eisele: An A-to-Z Political Primer

Al Eisele: An A-to-Z Political Primer

Howard Schweber: The Affordable Health Care Act: A Law Too Big to Fail?

Howard Schweber: The Affordable Health Care Act: A Law Too Big to Fail?

Byron Williams: Mourning the Silence of True Liberalism

Byron Williams: Mourning the Silence of True Liberalism

Tax Cut Proposals On State Level No Guarantee For Jobs

Tax Cut Proposals On State Level No Guarantee For Jobs

Bill Shireman: How to Cut $100 Billion -- Lessons for Politicians

Bill Shireman: How to Cut $100 Billion -- Lessons for Politicians

Jackson Williams: America to its Military-Industrial Complex: Happy Valentine's Day!

Jackson Williams: America to its Military-Industrial Complex: Happy Valentine's Day!

Wendell Potter: The Insurers' Real Agenda for Change

Wendell Potter: The Insurers' Real Agenda for Change

Jonathan Spalter: Seizing the Mobile Moment

Jonathan Spalter: Seizing the Mobile Moment

Mike Lux: The Big Banks' Battle Against Consumers and Homeowners

Mike Lux: The Big Banks' Battle Against Consumers and Homeowners

Former Big Oil President Gives New Life To Oil Subsidy Debate

Former Big Oil President Gives New Life To Oil Subsidy Debate

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Readies National Guard Against Unions

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Readies National Guard Against Unions

Wendell Potter: Fear and Loathing Over a Public Insurance Option in Hartford

Wendell Potter: Fear and Loathing Over a Public Insurance Option in Hartford

Deborah Glick: Balancing the American Social Contract

Deborah Glick: Balancing the American Social Contract

Statistical Cookies 'Outliers'

Statistical Cookies 'Outliers'

Eric Sapp: The Religious Right's Boycott of CPAC is a Game Changer, If Dems Don't Ignore It

Eric Sapp: The Religious Right's Boycott of CPAC is a Game Changer, If Dems Don't Ignore It

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

White House: We Won't Compromise On The Individual Mandate

White House: We Won't Compromise On The Individual Mandate

Jason Boxt: Foreign Policy Isn't for the Public

Jason Boxt: Foreign Policy Isn't for the Public

Robert Alvarez: Food, Egypt, and Wall Street

Robert Alvarez: Food, Egypt, and Wall Street

The Media Consortium: Weekly Audit: The Real Legacy of Reaganomics

The Media Consortium: Weekly Audit: The Real Legacy of Reaganomics

Chris Weigant: Obama: Too Many Boats Have Been Left Behind

Chris Weigant: Obama: Too Many Boats Have Been Left Behind

Richard (RJ) Eskow: The Third Chamber: Why AIG's CEO and Jamie Dimon Don't Give a Damn What You Think

Richard (RJ) Eskow: The Third Chamber: Why AIG's CEO and Jamie Dimon Don't Give a Damn What You Think

Brian Ross: Death to Parking Meters and Flood Insurance! Judge Vinson Opens Pandora's Box

Brian Ross: Death to Parking Meters and Flood Insurance! Judge Vinson Opens Pandora's Box

House Republicans Move Forward On Blocking EPA, Clean Air Act

House Republicans Move Forward On Blocking EPA, Clean Air Act

TPM: The Philosophers’ Magazine | Ideas of the Century Extra: Cultural pluralism

TPM: The Philosophers’ Magazine | Ideas of the Century Extra: Cultural pluralism

The real threat of Glenn Beck's fantasies | Frances Fox Piven | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

The real threat of Glenn Beck's fantasies | Frances Fox Piven | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

Saturday, February 5, 2011

House Republicans Slash Domestic Agencies, Cut Themselves

House Republicans Slash Domestic Agencies, Cut Themselves

Obama: U.S. Businesses Have Responsibility To Hire American Workers, Pay Decent Wages

Obama: U.S. Businesses Have Responsibility To Hire American Workers, Pay Decent Wages

David Katz, M.D.: Is the Affordable Care Act Really Unconstitutional?

David Katz, M.D.: Is the Affordable Care Act Really Unconstitutional?

Hermene Hartman: Arlington Cemetery: Once A Thriving Black Town

Hermene Hartman: Arlington Cemetery: Once A Thriving Black Town

Obama: U.S. Businesses Have Responsibility To Hire American Workers, Pay Decent Wages

Obama: U.S. Businesses Have Responsibility To Hire American Workers, Pay Decent Wages

Chris Weigant: Politics Ends at the Water's Edge

Chris Weigant: Politics Ends at the Water's Edge

James Zogby: Politics and Nonsense on Egypt

James Zogby: Politics and Nonsense on Egypt

Leon T. Hadar: George Bush Was Wrong, Wrong, Wrong

Leon T. Hadar: George Bush Was Wrong, Wrong, Wrong

Richard (RJ) Eskow: If Ben Bernanke Hosted Our Super Bowl Party Instead of My Friend Pete

Richard (RJ) Eskow: If Ben Bernanke Hosted Our Super Bowl Party Instead of My Friend Pete

Nathan Kelly: How Politics Makes the Market, Altering the Gap Between Rich and Poor

Nathan Kelly: How Politics Makes the Market, Altering the Gap Between Rich and Poor

Elizabeth B. Wydra: Stop Talking About Broccoli

Elizabeth B. Wydra: Stop Talking About Broccoli

Mark Muro: State's Budgets: You Don't Know the Worst

Mark Muro: State's Budgets: You Don't Know the Worst

Justice Scalia, Not Kennedy, Eyed As Key Vote In Support Of Health Care

Justice Scalia, Not Kennedy, Eyed As Key Vote In Support Of Health Care

Friday, February 4, 2011

Faheem Younus: The U.S. Constitution Promotes Equality, the Bible Doesn't

Faheem Younus: The U.S. Constitution Promotes Equality, the Bible Doesn't

House Republicans Plan To Cut $32 Billion From Budget

House Republicans Plan To Cut $32 Billion From Budget

Census Estimates Show Big Gains For U.S. Minorities

Census Estimates Show Big Gains For U.S. Minorities

Mike Lux: Entrepreneurial Populism

Mike Lux: Entrepreneurial Populism

Greg Mitchell: "Cablegate" to Date: A Unique List of What's Been Revealed

Greg Mitchell: "Cablegate" to Date: A Unique List of What's Been Revealed

Robert J. Elisberg: The "Tea Party" Is Not Revolting

Robert J. Elisberg: The "Tea Party" Is Not Revolting

Creator of Neutron Bomb Leaves an Explosive Legacy – Forward.com

Creator of Neutron Bomb Leaves an Explosive Legacy – Forward.com

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Benjamin Todd Jealous: After the State of the Union, Time to Get to Work

Benjamin Todd Jealous: After the State of the Union, Time to Get to Work

Jeffrey Feldman: Win or Fear the Future? America's SOTU Choice

Jeffrey Feldman: Win or Fear the Future? America's SOTU Choice

Amy B. Dean: What We Must Hear Next: The Fight for a Fairer Economy

Amy B. Dean: What We Must Hear Next: The Fight for a Fairer Economy

Robert Scheer: Hogwash, Mr. President

Robert Scheer: Hogwash, Mr. President

Robert L. Borosage: A Strong State of the Union Address for a Union in a Different State

Robert L. Borosage: A Strong State of the Union Address for a Union in a Different State

Mitchell Bard: Paul Ryan's Fiction-Filled SOTU Response: Will America Buy It?

Mitchell Bard: Paul Ryan's Fiction-Filled SOTU Response: Will America Buy It?

Mark Penn: State of the Union: Did Obama Win His Future?

Mark Penn: State of the Union: Did Obama Win His Future?

Friday, January 28, 2011

Michael Likosky: Obama's Economic Philosophy

Michael Likosky: Obama's Economic Philosophy

Rep. Chaka Fattah: "Winning the Future," Losing the Debt

Rep. Chaka Fattah: "Winning the Future," Losing the Debt

Paul Abrams: Beware the Big vs. Small Govt Trap: It's Only About 4%. Yes, 4%

Paul Abrams: Beware the Big vs. Small Govt Trap: It's Only About 4%. Yes, 4%

Neil Auerbach: Speaking to Conservatives About Clean Energy

Neil Auerbach: Speaking to Conservatives About Clean Energy

Doug Kendall: The Unbearable Lightness of Michele Bachmann

Doug Kendall: The Unbearable Lightness of Michele Bachmann

Michael B. Keegan: Scalia Teaches First of Bachmann's Constitutional Mythology Workshops

Michael B. Keegan: Scalia Teaches First of Bachmann's Constitutional Mythology Workshops

George Lakoff: The "New Centrism" and Its Discontents

George Lakoff: The "New Centrism" and Its Discontents

Mark Green: Reality Bites: The GOP Majority Hits the Ground... Stumbling

Mark Green: Reality Bites: The GOP Majority Hits the Ground... Stumbling

Mike Lux: The Middle Class and the Political Center

Mike Lux: The Middle Class and the Political Center

Richard (RJ) Eskow: Reality Checks: 10 Economic Benchmarks for the State of the Union and GOP Response

Richard (RJ) Eskow: Reality Checks: 10 Economic Benchmarks for the State of the Union and GOP Response

The Monkey Cage: State of the World: Will 2011 be the next 1989?

The Monkey Cage: State of the World: Will 2011 be the next 1989?

n+1: On Egypt

n+1: On Egypt

Their Own Private Europe - NYTimes.com

Their Own Private Europe - NYTimes.com

Richard (RJ) Eskow: The Wall Street Empire Strikes Back

Richard (RJ) Eskow: The Wall Street Empire Strikes Back

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Robert Reich: The Shameful Attack on Public Employees

Robert Reich: The Shameful Attack on Public Employees

Chris Weigant: Reading The Constitution

Chris Weigant: Reading The Constitution

Donald Cohen: Darrell Issa Invites His Capitalist Cronies to Cry Wolf

Donald Cohen: Darrell Issa Invites His Capitalist Cronies to Cry Wolf

Rep. Mike Honda: House Republicans Wrestling Democratic Representation From Districts and Territories

Rep. Mike Honda: House Republicans Wrestling Democratic Representation From Districts and Territories

Art Brodsky: Another Party Heard From: Tea Party Joins Attacks on Net Neutrality

Art Brodsky: Another Party Heard From: Tea Party Joins Attacks on Net Neutrality

Amy Goodman: Darrell Issa, Step Away From the Corporations

Amy Goodman: Darrell Issa, Step Away From the Corporations

Lawrence G. McDonald: What You Should Know About the New Congress

Lawrence G. McDonald: What You Should Know About the New Congress

Robert Guttman: 2012 Campaigns Continue as New Congress Convenes

Robert Guttman: 2012 Campaigns Continue as New Congress Convenes