Analysis
LETTERS Banks, pensions, G20, drugs, and more
April 11, 2009Banks What to do with the banks? Turn them into credit unions!! Jo Forman Via e-mail Pension theft A recent article from Raw Story on how our pension money was shifted into stocks just before the...
Read moreOf long fuses and seven league boots: US labor today
April 9, 2009I don’t know if Steven Greenhouse, of the New York Times, writes his own headlines. Doubt it. But I was sure struck by his article headlined, “In America, Labor has an Unusually Long Fuse.” It reminded...
Read moreAdvice for G20 and ourselves, via Facebook
April 9, 2009Last week’s G20 meeting — of leaders of the world’s big and developing economies — sparked a Facebook conversation between Toby Chaudhuri of the Campaign for America’s Future and Vijay Prashad, who teaches international studies at...
Read moreBinghamton and beyond: A deeper look at those who just snap
April 9, 2009A series of mass killings in recent weeks has given some the impression that things are falling apart in this country. On March 29, eight people were murdered in a nursing home in Carthage, N.C. There...
Read moreA trillion dollars for the banks: How about a second opinion?
April 7, 2009Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner wants to have the government lend up to a trillion dollars to hedge funds, private equity, funds and the banks themselves to clear their books of toxic assets. The plan implies a...
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