by Faiz Shakir, Benjamin Armbruster, Zaid Jilani, Alex Seitz-Wald, Tanya Somanader, Travis Waldron, and Brad Johnson – ThisProgress.org
Top executives from the Big 5 oil companies — ExxonMobil, BP, Shell, Chevron, and ConocoPhillips — flew into Washington, D.C. on their … Read more »
By LESLIE KAUFMAN – New York Times.
The nation’s scientific establishment issued a stark warning to the American public on Thursday: Not only is global warming real, but the effects are already becoming serious and the need has become “pressing” … Read more »
By Dean Baker – OurFuture.org
]People in Washington have incredibly bad memories. The last time that the United States balanced its budget was just a decade ago. Even though this is not distant history, almost no one in a policy-making … Read more »
By Richard Eskow – OurFuture.org
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An Economy for All
What do you do when the economy’s a disaster, things are getting worse, and nobody seems to give gives a damn? What do you do? This country has been … Read more »
By JUSTIN GILLIS – New York Times.
Global warming is already cutting substantially into potential crop yields in some countries — to such an extent that it may be a factor in the food price increases that have caused worldwide … Read more »
By: Lawrence Korb and Laura Conley and Alex Rothman – Politico.com
The latest defense headlines understandably are dominated by the details of Osama bin Laden’s death at the hands of U.S. Navy SEALs. And while policymakers are beginning to draw … Read more »
By Jeffrey Sachs – HuffPost.
The world is drowning in corporate fraud, and the problems are probably greatest in rich countries — those with supposedly “good governance.” Poor-country governments probably accept more bribes and commit more offenses, but it is … Read more »
By PAUL KRUGMAN – New York Times.
The past three years have been a disaster for most Western economies. The United States has mass long-term unemployment for the first time since the 1930s. Meanwhile, Europe’s single currency is coming apart … Read more »
By E.J. Dionne Jr – The Washington Post.
Don’t expect to see a lot of newspapers and Web sites with this headline: “Big Government Bailout Worked.” But it would be entirely accurate.
The actual headlines make the point. “Demand for … Read more »
HuffPost Politics
It is increasingly clear that the Republicans will demand mandatory cuts in Social Security and Medicare as a price for increasing the debt ceiling later this spring.
Of course they won’t say they are demanding mandatory cuts in … Read more »
