Editors' Blog
House Republicans vote to kill consumer protections
House Republicans this week voted to weaken the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a new federal agency that would help protect consumers from the kinds of financial schemes that led to the collapse of the financial system in 2007 and 2008.
[Update] Broadly speaking: "Gang of Six" Plan slashes Social Security
So everybody loves the "gang of six" suddenly.
How the 2010 elections changed the political terrain
Are we ignoring the results and consequences of the 2010 elections? They have put the whole political spectrum way to the right in a way that Obama cannot ignore ; despite all the left pundits' claims to the contrary.
Hands off Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid
From Strengthen Social Security:
Israel: Knesset Bans Boycott Talk
From the Communist Party of Israel:
Cuba Extends Credits for Private Farms
Cuba: Over 13,000 Farmers Have Received Bank Credits
It's too much
1. A new report from a Michigan news website last month revealed that charter schools in Detroit are failing to provide a substantially better education than the Detroit public schools, troubled by massive budget cuts and caught in the political firestorm of a right-wing takeover.
Hands off Social Security
Here's a statement from the AFL-CIO:
Debt-ceiling Showdown: A Test of Sanity
The so-called “debt ceiling” crisis is upon us. Unless the amount the US can borrow is raised, a second financial crisis looms, partial default on our debts, the furlough of 800,000 federal workers and contractors, cancelled checks to millions of social security and medicare and medicaid clients, and a host of other evils.
Middle East: Marching for independence, Solidarity with Palestine
[Marching for independence, Solidarity with Palestine, Jerusalem July 15th] “Unilateral steps are not constructive.
