Economy

Al Franken Calls the Antitrust Cops on Comcast Al Franken Calls the Antitrust Cops on Comcast

Minnesota senator seeks a Department of Justice investigation into manipulation of NBC by Comcast.

Nov 24, 2010 / John Nichols

Fail and Grow Rich on Wall Street Fail and Grow Rich on Wall Street

Welcome to the brave new world of post-bailout capitalism.

Nov 24, 2010 / Robert Scheer

This Thanksgiving, Republicans Embrace the Politics of Pain

This Thanksgiving, Republicans Embrace the Politics of Pain This Thanksgiving, Republicans Embrace the Politics of Pain

GOP leaders are going to the mat for the wealthy while abandoning those who lost their jobs because of Wall Street's recklessness.

Nov 24, 2010 / The Editors

Time for a Wealth Tax

Time for a Wealth Tax Time for a Wealth Tax

Instead of cutting benefits for the poor, how about taxing the total household wealth of the rich?

Nov 23, 2010 / Leon Friedman

Katrina vanden Heuvel Calls Out Unpatriotic Millionaires on ‘The Ed Show’ Katrina vanden Heuvel Calls Out Unpatriotic Millionaires on ‘The Ed Show’

Katrina vanden Heuvel asks, are the millionaires in Congress are out of touch with the American public? In a word: yes.

Nov 23, 2010 / Press Room

Katrina vanden Heuvel Calls Out Unpatriotic Millionaires on The Ed Show Katrina vanden Heuvel Calls Out Unpatriotic Millionaires on The Ed Show

Katrina vanden Heuvel asks, are the millionaires in Congress are out of touch with the American public? In a word: yes.

Nov 23, 2010 / MSNBC

Will Congress Turn Its Back on Jobless Americans?

Will Congress Turn Its Back on Jobless Americans? Will Congress Turn Its Back on Jobless Americans?

A minority in the House of Representatives has blocked reauthorization of federal unemployment benefits. If Congress doesn't act quickly, the long-term unemployed will start dr...

Nov 23, 2010 / Christine Owens

Don’t Tell Working Americans to Pick Up the Tab for George Bush’s Tax Giveaways and Wall Street Greedheads

Don’t Tell Working Americans to Pick Up the Tab for George Bush’s Tax Giveaways and Wall Street Greedheads Don’t Tell Working Americans to Pick Up the Tab for George Bush’s Tax Giveaways and Wall Street Greedheads

Fiscal Commission member Rep. Jan Schakowsky "gets" that working families should not bear the overwhelming majority of the burden for putting the nation's fiscal house i...

Nov 19, 2010 / John Nichols

Meg Whitman Pays $144 Million for her Own Campaign, $5,500 to Her Housekeeper Meg Whitman Pays $144 Million for her Own Campaign, $5,500 to Her Housekeeper

Fox News called the settlement "chump change."

Nov 19, 2010 / Jon Wiener

Profits, Pensions and the Return of GM Profits, Pensions and the Return of GM

Today marked the return of automaker GM to public trading on the stock market. All hail the American automakers, returning to profitability in a little over a year after bankruptcy...

Nov 18, 2010 / Laura Flanders

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