By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF – New York Times.
This may be a first for the Arab world: An American airman who bailed out over Libya was rescued from his hiding place in a sheep pen by villagers who hugged him, … Read more »
New York Times – Editorial.
More than two months after the killings in Tucson, Ariz., and some 2,400 American gun deaths later, President Obama has finally broken his silence on gun violence.
In an op-ed article on Sunday in The … Read more »
New York Times Editorial.
Here is the latest example of House Republicans pursuing a longstanding ideological goal in the false name of fiscal prudence: On Thursday, they have scheduled a vote to kill federal support for National Public Radio.
The … Read more »
By PAUL KRUGMAN – New York TImes
More than three years after we entered the worst economic slump since the 1930s, a strange and disturbing thing has happened to our political discourse: Washington has lost interest in the unemployed.
Jobs … Read more »
New York Times Editorial
A recent Congressional hearing and the poignant testimony of an unexpected victim — Mickey Rooney — have helped focus new attention on the abuse and exploitation of old people. Congress should seize the moment to help … Read more »
TheProgressReport.org
As a result of the Great Recession, states across the country are dealing with depressed tax revenues and record budget shortfalls, forcing them to make difficult choices to fulfill their constitutional balanced budget requirements. Some governors are pushing for … Read more »
By Steven Swinford, and Christopher Hope – The Telegraph.
Japan was warned more than two years ago by the international nuclear watchdog that its nuclear power plants were not capable of withstanding powerful earthquakes, leaked diplomatic cables reveal.
An official … Read more »
New York Times Editorial
Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin have reversed half-a-century’s middle-class progress in the state by erasing collective-bargaining rights for public employees. Union members, caught off guard and infuriated by the Senate vote on Wednesday and the Assembly vote … Read more »
SFGate.com
You can’t fight something with nothing. But as long as Democrats refuse to talk about the almost unprecedented buildup of income, wealth and power at the top – and the refusal of the superrich to pay their fair share … Read more »
By Catherine Rampell – New York Times
The economic waiting game may soon be over, as businesses signal that they are finally willing to resume widespread hiring.
In all, the nation added 192,000 jobs in February, a big jump from … Read more »
