Stories by Dave Johnson

Government should increase—not cut—spending and repeal this foolish and unjustified sequester to end the economic quagmire

What exactly will Rubio, Republicans and Rand Paul talk about all day as the deficit shrinks?

Instead of addressing jobs and inequality, post-election, politicians are going to all try to outdo each other offering ways to cut the things that We, the People do for each other--all to keep taxes low for the super-wealthy.

The Romney camp is boldly lying because they are making a calculation that it will work! We better hope it doesn't.

This is the story of what happens when an average couple is up against a giant, wealthy, powerful bank.

Banks are pioneering a more cost-effective method of dealing with legislators who stand in their way.

These documents could reveal a lot about how our economy was transformed into a playground for the 1 percent.

How many high-level Wall Street players have been put in jail for the crimes that led to the financial crisis? Not. Even. One.

Clinton's prescription offers incremental change, at exactly the time so many are realizing that we need need transformational change.

Here are some reality-based charts to help knock down absurd right-wing propaganda about the economy.

That Washington Post headline is the manufactured reality. Here's your "sharp focus": The public hates this!

A comparison of what's in the Social Security Trustees' report with what they're saying is in the report.