Fighting Climate Change in Portlandia
Not only is failure not an option, those fighting to avert cataclysmic climate change have achieved important successes worthy of celebrating.
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Call-In For Single Payer
Healthcare Now, an organization dedicated to promoting national health insurance, has dedicated today as a national call-in day for Single-Payer
At Least It's for a Good Cause...
Just in from Reuters: U.S. close to giving BofA billions more aid: report Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:25pm
Bank Turmoil Sinks Stocks (WSJ)
Just posted to the WSJ website. Citigroup's troubles register in the Dow; plus it sounds like Deutsche Bank
Retail Sales Dive (Reuters, again)
Another one from Reuters: By Lucia Mutikani | January 14, 11:01am WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sales at retailers fell 2.7
Citi Breakup in Sight (Reuters)
This just in from Reuters; Robert Rubin's departure from Citigroup appears to have been a prelude to this.
A Delayed Report on ASSA (Arpita Banerjee)
Here is another report on the Allied Social Sciences Association meetings, this one from D&S collective member and
Strapped States Rethink Prison Policy
From the Associated Press; hat-tip to Steven L. Robinson at lbo-talk. I have to say, we've heard this
More GM Loan Fine Print: UAW Can't Strike
Yesterday we reported that newly disclosed details of the Bush emergency loan to GM included clauses forcing the automaker to
Where the Money Is (Baker via Herbert)
Bob Herbert's column today is on the financial transaction tax proposed by Dean Baker, among others. You can
How the Madoff Mess Hits Women (Salon.com)
Interesting piece from Nancy Goldstein at Salon; hat-tip to Lois Ahrens of the Real Cost of Prisons Project. The first
GM Borrows, UAW Pays
GM CEO Rick Wagoner says that the $13.4 billion in U.S. government loans it has received should get
Bank earnings may be 'frightful' (Reuters)
Informative article just posted to the Reuters website; hat-tip to Larry P. By Jonathan Stempel | Mon Jan 12, 2009 6: