WATCH: Lindsey Graham Gets It Wrong On The Stimulus
We are surely at a crossroads. Like the choices facing America during the Great Depression, we need to rescue capitalism again. But what kind of capitalism will best serve the most people?
The 23-cent average difference between men's and women's pay isn't simply about fairness. This long-standing pay disparity hurts our nation, too. This serious problem needs immediate Senate action.
The U.S. would be well served by speaking and acting unambiguously about the importance of respecting the human rights of working people, and condemning violence against labor activists wherever it occurs.
The rich are better off with a smaller percentage of a fast-growing economy than a larger share of an economy that's barely moving. We learned that lesson decades ago; until we remember it again, we'll be stuck in the Great Recession.
The Washington Post insists that its columnists either produce top quality work or toe the company line. Columnist Dana Milbank falls into the latter group as he once again showed with his warm praise for Alan Simpson's sexism and ignorance.
As the Park51 project near Ground Zero has become painted as an issue of religious freedom, American Muslims are confronted with championing the cause of a man who may not accurately represent them.
Those who brought this disaster down on us must be called to account for the fabrications, the embarrassment to our honor, and the waste of so many lives and resources. Until then, the conclusion to this sad chapter in Iraq will not have been written.
The smoke signals being sent up locally going into the 2010 midterms all point to systematic failure on the part of the governing party. And yet, when has a party ever been returned to power so soon after destroying the lives of so many people?
"Back of the line" carries denigrating racial undertones rooted in America's past. The term assures a frustrated non-Latino electorate that unauthorized immigrants will be punished and remain second-class residents.
There is a human face to this lingering recession. If TANF/ECF funding is not extended, more than a quarter of a million families across the U.S. are at risk of falling into unemployment again.
All Americans, especially Jews, who want to see a secure Israel, a viable Palestinian state alongside it, a stable Middle East and a respected United States should support Obama's policies regarding Israel.
All employees should be able to take time off for their illnesses, not just those lucky enough to have the right job. Experience shows that we can make our economy friendlier to beleaguered workers without harming their employers.
We must help Senator Boxer's reelection campaign no matter where we live. She's a champion against offshore oil-and-gas development, while Carly Fiorina's sympathy is with the oil-and-coal companies.
It's well past time for the citizenry to start asking our would-be-leaders what systems they intend to put in place, not simply to prevent disaster, but to deal with disaster.
It seems that just about every hundred years or so, the body politic we call America swells with fever as it fights off a democracy-destroying disease. That disease is "Special Interest Government".
This balance-sheet depression is an opportunity for Liberals because we have answers while Conservatives only have platitudes. Indeed, the most compelling Conservative promise is that there will be no Depression in Heaven.
The president has fallen and he can't get up. But more importantly, he can't figure out why he fell. It's because you let the Republicans push you down and you never even fought back.
Before our communities suffer the dire consequences of a lost generation, I think it is time we work to protect our Black youth, and all youth, from a broken educational system, instead of blaming them for it.
Two years from now Palin will once again be reminded that while some voters may salivate at the thought of hearing her speak, they still cringe at the thought of her as president.
Robert Kuttner, 2010.09.05
Jerome Armstrong, 2010.09.05
