Mike Elk

Wonk Bloggers And The Vanishing Voices Of Workers

In These Times | Posted 03.14.2012

The hiring of wonky bloggers  like Yglesias--Slate hired him as its "business and economics correspondent" last November--is a labor issue that not o...

Weekly Pulse: Florida Governor Wants to Drug Test All State Employees

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.30.2011

The Media Consortium

By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Florida Republican Governor Rick Scott plans to force public workers and welfare recipients to undergo...

Wall Street Reform: A Good First Step

Zach Carter | Posted 05.25.2011

Zach Carter

This bill is unquestionably deserving of support. It will make the global economy a fairer marketplace. But it will not end the too-big-to-fail incentives that encourage Wall Street to take wild risks.

No, Rachel, No! This "Health Reform" Could Lose the Middle Class for Dems

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

Richard (RJ) Eskow

If Democrats and progressives are really concerned about middle-class votes -- and they should be -- it's statements like a recent pronouncement by Rachel Maddow that should concern them.

Don't Let Wells Fargo Be a Roadblock to Economic Recovery

ZP Heller | Posted 05.25.2011

ZP Heller

100 Quad City factory employees risk losing their jobs if Wells Fargo doesn't extend tens of thousands of dollars in credit to continue day-to-day operating costs.