US Lack of Investment Is Destabilizing the World US Lack of Investment Is Destabilizing the World
Here in the US all we seem to hear about is deficits and debt. Yet even the countries that hold a lot of our debt are concerned for our lack of investment at home.
Apr 20, 2011 / Laura Flanders
The Credit Rating Hoax The Credit Rating Hoax
"Brave" politicians in both parties want to cut healthcare and Social Security to save the country from wrathful judgment by Standard & Poor’s. What a hoot.
Apr 20, 2011 / William Greider
Protesters to Bank of America: Pay Your Taxes Protesters to Bank of America: Pay Your Taxes
In the run up to this year's Tax Day, hundreds of protesters ascended on a Bank of America branch to demand that big banks pay their fair share of taxes and stop foreclosures.
Apr 20, 2011 / The Nation
Katrina vanden Heuvel: We Need to Reframe the Deficit Debate Katrina vanden Heuvel: We Need to Reframe the Deficit Debate
We are in a jobs crisis, not a deficit crisis, and activism groups like US Uncut have taken to the streets to help change this dialogue.
Apr 20, 2011 / Press Room
Katrina vanden Heuvel: We Need to Reframe the Deficit Debate Katrina vanden Heuvel: We Need to Reframe the Deficit Debate
We are in a jobs crisis, not a deficit crisis, and activism groups like US Uncut have taken to the streets to help change this dialogue.
Apr 20, 2011 / GRITtv
The New Corporate World Order The New Corporate World Order
Big government is big precisely because it is so active in so many costly ways in serving the interests of our biggest corporations.
Apr 20, 2011 / Robert Scheer
Thousands Protest Snyder’s Authoritarian Power Grab Thousands Protest Snyder’s Authoritarian Power Grab
The Shock Doctrine is at play in Michigan where budget cuts and fiscal chaos are exploited by Gov. Rick Snyder, who has sent his henchmen into communities to do his dirty work.
Apr 20, 2011 / Allison Kilkenny
Missed Connections from the Economic to the Social Missed Connections from the Economic to the Social
Is there a journalism school somewhere that teaches up-and-comers to put stories into little boxes? Half our job in independent media, it seems to me, is putting the connections ba...
Apr 19, 2011 / Laura Flanders
How the GOP Continues to Get it Wrong on the Deficit How the GOP Continues to Get it Wrong on the Deficit
Melissa Harris-Perry discusses the GOP's reaction to the S&P's lowering of its outlook on the US federal debt.
Apr 19, 2011 / Press Room
Obama Needs A Budget to Match His Progressive Ideals Obama Needs A Budget to Match His Progressive Ideals
Why does President Obama continue to let Republicans define the terms of the budget debate?
Apr 19, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel