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There are at least three serious flaws in the financial rescue plan that the Treasury Department has put forward for the banking system that financial expert and Institute for America's Future board member Rob Johnson lays out in an interview with Jane Hamsher of FireDogLake. more »

The week of March 23 is crucial in determining whether the priorities in President Obama's 2010 budget will be a reality or a casualty of right-wing obstruction, says Deborah Weinstein, the executive director of the Coalition for Human Needs. more »

"A sense of urgency" prevailed at President Obama's health care summit, says Richard Kirsch, the director of Health Care for America NOW! Kirsch was at the summit to support a public health plan choice as part of a universal health care plan. more »

Jonathan Stein, a Washington correspondent for Mother Jones, sees a conservative movement struggling to find itself at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington February 27. more »

Campaign for America's Future co-director Roger Hickey discusses his participation at the Fiscal Responsibility Summit February 23 at the White House. Hickey was among a number of progressive leaders who were included in the summit, which discussed the country's long-term budget deficit and the future of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. more »

Declaring that he was "sick of the double standard" that allowed banks to receive no-strings-attached government bailout money while automobile workers are asked to take pay and benefit cuts before receiving help from Washington, Lansing, Mich., mayor Virg Bernero tears into a Fox News anchor who, among other things, peddled the "auto-workers-make-$70-an-hour" lie to suggest that auto workers need more »

Burger King is not just the home of the Whopper, but it has also been, since 2002, part of the corporate stable of private equity firm Goldman Sachs, which received $10 billion in taxpayer bailout cash last year. more »

An extravagantly funded campaign is underway to, in effect, steal Social Security benefits from future retirees and starve Medicare and Medicaid programs, says William Greider, who has written a cover story in The Nation exposing this effort. more »

Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., and representatives from labor and business groups came together Tuesday to make the case for the economic recovery plan that the House is expected to vote on this week. more »

The movement to cut federal spending on entitlements and public infrastructure is getting more aggressive even during a time of public agreement on the need for increased federal spending to address the economic downturn. Here's why progressives should not be afraid to argue for a larger public role in ensuring a sustained, broad-based prosperity. more »