An eagle’s eye approach to immigration reform
Like most challenges immigration reform is and always has been an uphill battle. Today many agree it’s a human and civil rights issue.
As Wall Street reform becomes law, GOP drops in polls
President Obama signed into law today a finance reform bill that he described as "the most sweeping set of changes to America's financial regulatory system since the 1930's."
Rally at Treasury: Goldman Sachs owes us $13 billion
"Young Turks" talk show host Cenk Uygur led protesters at the Treasury Department chanting: "Hey-hey, ho-ho, $13 billion's a lot of dough!" and "Goldman Sachs, we want it back!"
Freedom Ride brings solidarity to Arizona
DALLAS - A busload of Texans traveled to Phoenix to help build the nationwide movement against Arizona's anti-immigrant law.
Health reform law still a big deal
A package arrived for me yesterday - something I ordered a while ago and then forgot about - my "Health Reform is a BFD" t-shirt! (Remember that: Joe Biden's muttered comment about just exactly how big a deal health care reform is?)
Anger at Wall Street could force Republican retreat
Angry senators grilling Goldman Sachs executives on Capitol Hill fueled a firestorm that could break the GOP's latest filibuster.
President takes fight to Wall Street
In a speech yesterday at New York's Cooper Union college, President Obama, literally in the shadow of the center of world finance, declared that "the crisis was born of a failure of responsibility from Wall Street to Washington."
Break up megabanks, progressives urge
Labor and progressives warn against the danger of moves on Capitol Hill to weaken finance reform.
Wall Street moves to crush $50 billion fund
The GOP's back room talks with Wall Street began to explode in the faces of Republican senators yesterday.
Goldman fraud adds fuel to financial reform drive
Big banks appear to be much more worried about a clampdown on their derivatives gambling schemes than they are about a consumer protection agency.
