By Robert Reich, Robert Reich’s Blog
The defining political issue of 2012 won’t be the government’s size. It will be who government is for.
Americans have never much liked government. After all, the nation was conceived in a revolution against … Read more »
By Robert Redford – Huffington Post.
The Congress is ending the year much as it began — playing politics with our nation’s future and putting American families at risk to score partisan points.
In the closing act to a shameful … Read more »
By Scott Thill, AlterNet
Thanks to our morally bankrupt political system and the Supreme Court’s ruling on Citizens United, the fracking lobby’s power of the purse is huge.
Environmentalists and other well-adjusted citizens of Earth, I’ve got some good news … Read more »
Patt Morrison – Los Angeles Times.
Op-Ed The political economist discusses wealth, poverty and what our future economy will look like.
Robert Reich has worked in a lot of big white buildings — in the Senate, as an intern to … Read more »
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By J. Andrew Felkerson, AlterNet
Speculation about the the Fed’s actions during the financial crisis has made headlines on and off again over the last several years. The latest drama occurred on November 27 when Bloomberg published an article, “… Read more »
By Tana Ganeva, AlterNet
Occupiers rallied with homeowners facing foreclosure or eviction, interrupted housing auctions, protested at banks, and took over vacant properties to move homeless families in.
On Tuesday occupiers all over the country took part in a day … Read more »
By George Lakoff, AlterNet
Progressives had some fun last week with Frank Luntz, who told the Republican Governors’ Association that he was scared to death of the Occupy movement and recommended language to combat what the movement had achieved. But … Read more »
By PAUL KRUGMAN – New York Times.
It’s time to start calling the current situation what it is: a depression. True, it’s not a full replay of the Great Depression, but that’s cold comfort. Unemployment in both America and Europe … Read more »
By Robert Redford – The Huffington Post.
This week the GOP leadership, once again, has sided with Big Oil against the will of the American people. They are trying to circumvent President Obama’s decision to further investigate the impacts of … Read more »
