Blogs: An Economy for All

In this week's edition of The Trade Report, Barack Obama visits Virginia to discuss how unfair globalization policies have hurt rural areas of that state - and the Republican Party responds by citing the wealthiest county in America as proof everything is swell. read more »

On "Meet the Bloggers" Friday, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said that there is a "collapse" of the middle class and that nothing short of a revolution will be needed to reverse it.

"What we really need is a political revolution in this country," Sanders said, beginning with countering the corporate media spin on what is happening in the economy. read more »

From Bloomberg News:

Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka delivers a slap at former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin in a slide show exhorting union members to back Democrat Barack Obama for president. read more »

In the last week, the national media has ramped up its speculation that Indiana senator Evan Bayh is going to be named to the vice-presidential ticket by Barack Obama. Mind you, this is all speculation - this is what our national media now substitutes for actual reporting. read more »

New economic reports bolster Sen. Bernie Sanders' argument that many of the economic remedies being proposed aren't bold enough. He explains why in today's Meet the Bloggers program. read more »

With this week's reemergence of globalization and trade as major 2008 campaign issues, we thought it as good a time as any to launch our regular report on globalization, helping you sort through what is too often an esoteric and inaccessible discourse on one of the most important set of issue read more »

Global Insight, a U.S. consulting firm, forecast this week that China would overtake the United States as the leading global manufacturer in 2009. That deserves more attention, because American workers need real answers from the next president on the policies they will espouse that will produce real jobs and boost our economy. read more »

Yesterday, I put my brave face on and appeared not once, but twice on Fox News - once in their Election Headquarters' segment, another time on Hannity & Colmes. read more »

Remember the old Steve Martin routine on how to make a million dollars and not pay taxes: "First, make a million dollars... Second, don't pay taxes." Turns out Martin's joke is standard operating procedure for corporations in the United States — only, in comparison, Martin was a piker.

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After running two stories debunking the perception Obama has a white working-class problem, the Washington Post today proclaims he does. read more »