Editors' Blog
Party of No/Party of Wall Street
The following item was recently posted at OurFuture.org.
Call to Action -- 26 Days to Get Out the Vote
Call to Action -- 26 Days to Get Out the Vote
Working-Class Studies Association 2011 Conference
The Chicago Center for Working-Class Studies is hosting the Working-Class Studies Association 2011 Conference
Banks hoisted on their own petard in foreclosure paperwork snag
Provisions in many states' foreclosure laws prohibit: a) Signing foreclosure documents without inspecting them, and b) signing foreclosure documents without knowing who has clear title to the property.
Too Big to Fail? The Bigger They Are...
We hear a lot lately about corporations (e.g. banks) that are 'too big to fail', in other words, companies that have become so large that they are 'structurally important', they have become a part of the fabric of society to the extent that their failure might be, at least in the eyes of the powerful, catastrophic.
One nation working together
Here is the New York Times coverage:
Millions for Republicans who block reform
In his recent blog post over at OurFuture.org, Zach Carter digs into which Republicans are getting big Wall Street cash to block the President's reform agenda.
Class and Crisis, notes
A class doesn't necessarily know what its own interests are, but it acts on its own interests, or what it thinks they are.
"Tea Party" Politics: Something Old or Something New?
Many foreign observers across the political spectrum have long considered the U.S. to be the most media saturated society in the world.
The Goldberg flap: Journalist declares Castro "sane" and "moral"
After Fidel Castro stirred up some controversy last week with an offhand comment made to The Atlantic journalist Jeffrey Goldberg about ineffectiveness of Cuba's socialist "model," Goldberg thinks the former Cuban president may have sought to alleviate some controversy within Cuba's governing institutions by "walking back" his comment.
