by Paul Krugman – New York Times
The economic news has been better lately. New claims for unemployment insurance are down; business and consumer surveys suggest solid growth. We’re still near the bottom of a very deep hole, but at … Read more »
By Paul Krugman – New York Times
On Friday, House Republicans unveiled their proposal for immediate cuts in federal spending. Uncharacteristically, they failed to accompany the release with a catchy slogan. So I’d like to propose one: Eat the Future. … Read more »
By George Lakoff
—Dedicated to the peaceful protestors in Wisconsin, February 19, 2011
The central issue in our political life is not being discussed. At stake is the moral basis of American democracy.
The individual issues are all too real: … Read more »
By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer
WASHINGTON – Oil from the BP spill remains stuck on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, according to a top scientist’s video and slides that she says demonstrate the oil isn’t degrading as … Read more »
By FRANK RICH – New York Times
SIX weeks after that horrific day in Tucson, America has half-forgotten its violent debate over the power of violent speech to incite violence. It’s Gabrielle Giffords’s own power of speech that rightly concerns … Read more »
By BOB HERBERT – New York Times
Buried deep beneath the stories about executive bonuses, the stock market surge and the economy’s agonizingly slow road to recovery is the all-but-silent suffering of the many millions of Americans who, economically, are … Read more »
By PAUL KRUGMAN – New York Times
Last week, in the face of protest demonstrations against Wisconsin’s new union-busting governor, Scott Walker — demonstrations that continued through the weekend, with huge crowds on Saturday — Representative Paul Ryan made an … Read more »
Robert Creamer – Huffington Post
At this moment the Governor of Wisconsin Scott Walker is doing his best to strip teachers and other state workers of the right to choose a union to negotiate their wages and working conditions.
Some … Read more »
ThinkProgress.org
When President Obama took office amidst the worst recession in three generations, he immediately focused his energy on enacting a comprehensive plan to revive the nation’s economy. Newly elected Republicans, however, have interpreted their temporary rise to power in … Read more »
THINK PROGRESS
The Progress Report
by Faiz Shakir, Benjamin Armbruster, George Zornick, Zaid Jilani, Alex Seitz-Wald, and Tanya Somanader
February 16, 2011
WOMEN’S RIGHTS
The Right’s War On Women
Yesterday on the House floor, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) blasted … Read more »
