Simple banking rules could prevent collapses like Jon Corzine’s MF Global.
Poverty & Wealth
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Ties That Blind
A belief in American pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps mythology lies at the heart of conservative attacks on the 99 percent.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Obama’s Wheel and Deal
The administration’s recent trade agreement with Korea, Colombia, and Panama is expected to destroy more than 200,000 American jobs.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
A Scary Guide to the GOP Tax Plans
We rate the Republican candidates’ tax plans on a creepy Herman Cain grin meter.
Posted inEconomic Policy
More on the Abortion Debates: What if Your Mother Had Aborted You?
Yesterday I posted “So what if I hadn’t been born?” In reply, noted reproductive rights thinker Frances Kissling sent along her own very moving essay along these lines, published a few years ago in RH Reality Check: “What if your mother had aborted you? A daughter’s perspective.” As she says, I feel a need to […]
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The GOP’s Broken Record
Remember how the Bush tax cuts saved us from the recession? Oh wait …
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Occupy Wall Street’s Race Problem
White protesters need to rethink their rhetoric.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Batman the Gentrifier
In real-life, the superhero’s do-gooding would push all the poor people out of Gotham.