Thomas Frank, the author of "What's the Matter with Kansas," explains what's the matter with Washington in his new book, "The Wrecking Crew," at a talk at the National education Association headquarters in Washington. more »
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Nomi Prins, a senior fellow at Demos, tells the Economic Policy Institute that in the year since the climax of the Wall Street economic meltdown the country's economy is even more vulnerable to "too big to fail" banks and their high-risk behavior. more »
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The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, the panel created by Congress to investigate the causes of last year's financial market meltdown, held its inaugural meeting September 17 as the nation observed the one-year anniversary of the nadir of the Wall Street economic collapse. more »
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Amanda Terkel, a blogger at Think Progress, has heard the arguments that it is wrong for progressives to pay attention to Fox News talk-show host Glenn Beck. In this interview, Terkel, who has been monitoring Beck since before he became a cable news television star, explains in this interview why that is a wrong-headed idea. more »
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Diane Archer, health care policy expert at the Institute for America's Future, says that President Obama's address to a joint session of Congress Sept. 9 made a compelling case that the federal government can play a uniquely constrictive role in addressing the nation's health care problems. more »
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I led a panel discussion at Netroots Nation in Pittsburgh Aug. 13 on how progressives can gain the offensive in talking about such issues as health care reform and federal spending. more »
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Scott Paul, executive director of the Alliance for American Manufacturing, explains how Chinese steel manufacturers gain an unfair trade advantage over their U.S. counterparts, even though U.S. plants are demonstrably more efficient and technologically advanced. He spoke to a group of bloggers at the Netroots Nation conference in Pittsburgh Aug. more »
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The needs of American workers were not adequately addressed during discussions between the Obama administration and Chinese government leadership in late July, said Scott Paul, the executive director of the Alliance for American Manufacturing, in an interview taped July 31 with CNN. more »
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