Stories by Joshua Holland
Joshua Holland is an editor and senior writer at AlterNet.
Controlling health care costs isn't just necessary for the health of our economy -- it'd also be likely to boost personal incomes.
Posted on Jun 29, 2009
A narrative is emerging that we're seeing the first signs that a recovery is around the corner, but the reality is less encouraging.
Posted on Jun 22, 2009
Understanding the dangerous worldview that led to the murder of an innocent doctor and an attack at the Holocaust Museum.
Posted on Jun 12, 2009
On issue after issue, significant majorities of Americans favor progressive solutions to the nation's problems and reject the right's worldview.
Posted on May 30, 2009
Millions of dollars will be poured into deceptive media ads by the health care industry -- will you step up to stop them?
Posted on May 21, 2009
Conspiracy theories often pre-empt substantive analysis of the real political structures that shape our society.
Posted on May 18, 2009
Corporate Dems are fawning over the industry's "promise" to hold down costs. A broad progressive coalition is pushing for a real solution.
Posted on May 13, 2009
The right-wing pundits who seized on the swine flu to push their anti-immigrant rhetoric are employing an ancient racist tactic.
Posted on Apr 29, 2009
The Obama administration is giving mixed signals on its pot policies despite a tidal shift in social views on legalizing marijuana.
Posted on Apr 28, 2009
A new study finds that "legal" and "illegal", "citizen" and "resident," are distinctions without difference for poorer Latinos in today's Deep South.
Posted on Apr 23, 2009
The one argument in the immigration debate with absolutely no merit is that the system is fine.
Posted on Mar 30, 2009
In his recent address to Congress, Barack Obama didn't mention immigration once -- what does it mean for the prospects for reform?
Posted on Mar 13, 2009
There is nothing more terrifying to corporate America than the prospect of dealing with its workforce on an even playing field.
Posted on Mar 11, 2009
Barack Obama's first budget proposal fulfills several of the promises he made during the 2008 campaign, but the Corporate Right is poised for a fight.
Posted on Feb 27, 2009
If it were looted, it might produce enough in fat management fees alone to resuscitate Wall Street's ailing financial giants.
Posted on Feb 26, 2009
In a short period of months, the entire system of global capitalism has screeched to a halt. No one knows what happens next.
Posted on Feb 24, 2009
Failure to act decisively over the collapse of our banking system could mire the US in a protracted slump, like Japan's "lost decade" in the '90s.
Posted on Feb 16, 2009
Dean Baker, one of few economists who warned of the housing market's impending crash, discusses where we should go from here.
Posted on Feb 12, 2009
Americans are rightfully angry about the economic decline, but with a few small exceptions, quietly so. Why? It depends on whom you ask.
Posted on Feb 3, 2009
It's the best possible course to rescue our economy at this point; all the other options would be disastrous.
Posted on Jan 30, 2009
What if the entire tale of the Jewish Diaspora is historically wrong?
Posted on Jan 28, 2009
What will Obama do, and how could he screw it up, given the fact that pretty much everything is riding on him getting things right the first time?
Posted on Jan 17, 2009
The Obama administration has to get this measure right. There won't be a second chance down the road.
Posted on Jan 16, 2009
The SEIU says it's making a big push and committing huge resources to work for the passage of key progressive measures to aid working families.
Posted on Jan 9, 2009
Even as the media continue to repeat the claim that credit has frozen up, evidence has emerged suggesting the entire story is wrong.
Posted on Dec 29, 2008
The finance industry still owns mountains of bad paper and must absorb these losses -- or else we'll face a very long recession.
Posted on Dec 15, 2008
It is more important than ever that progressive voices be heard. We need you to help make that happen.
Posted on Dec 12, 2008
Larry Beinhart, author of
Wag the Dog, discusses religion, politics and hucksters in his new novel.
Posted on Dec 5, 2008
While we deliberate major economic transformation, there are good ideas waiting on the shelf right now the new president can green light.
Posted on Nov 29, 2008
When the Big Three's best Rep. lost a key committee spot, their share prices dropped. That's not just business as usual, it's a sign of corruption.
Posted on Nov 21, 2008
The Bush-Paulson plan isn't doing anything to address the underlying problems threatening America's economic future.
Posted on Nov 15, 2008
Outside of a few social issues, Americans are firmly in the progressive camp, but that hasn't prevented a lot of bloviating to the contrary.
Posted on Nov 10, 2008
The country is shifting; new groups of voters are expected to come to the polls, and battles are raging over key ballot initiatives.
Posted on Nov 4, 2008
Dems are riding a wave into Congress this election, and a few key victories in the South could make a huge difference for progressive causes.
Posted on Nov 3, 2008
McCain wants to be the great "re-distributor": He takes money from poor people and sends it upward.
Posted on Oct 31, 2008
Many of the promises the candidates make on the stump would have trouble passing muster with the WTO -- that's the whole point of "free trade" deals.
Posted on Oct 30, 2008
Pragmatism doesn't mean leaving your core principles at the door.
Posted on Oct 28, 2008
For a tenth of the cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, we could help rescue the "nuts and bolts" economy in which most Americans work and live.
Posted on Oct 24, 2008
Van Jones talks about a new vision for America in which progressives go from protest to governance.
Posted on Oct 23, 2008
Deregulation brought us hugely "leveraged" investments, and they brought us panicked markets and pain.
Posted on Oct 22, 2008
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