Rich Benjamin, Hyperion Books. October 16, 2009. The law does not forbid segregated or discriminating neighborhoods. It simply forbids intentional discrimination.
Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: PEEK. October 13, 2009. Elinor Ostrom, a political science professor at Indiana University, shared the award with Oliver Williamson, who teaches at the University of California, Berkeley.
Ryan Grim, Huffington Post. September 14, 2009. The Federal Reserve so thoroughly dominates the field of economics that real criticism of the central bank has become a career liability for economists.
Timothy McGettigan, AlterNet. August 14, 2009. Regardless of party affiliation, every modern Commander-in-Chief has been a big supporter of federal economic intervention.
Gerald Friedman, Dollars and Sense. July 29, 2009. Bernanke has conducted an economic policy as cruel as it has been ineffective. But the blame here lies squarely on the economics profession.
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog. June 12, 2009. The government has to create larger deficits if the economy is to get anywhere near full capacity again.
Jill Filipovic, Feministe AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. January 29, 2009. We didn’t win the birth control battle, but the stimulus package is still very good for women.
Valeria Fernández, ColorLines. January 19, 2009. Latinos and Blacks are feeling the effects of foreclosures, job losses and increased debt most acutely.
Herve Kempf, Chelsea Green Publishing. November 22, 2008. We've got to think about our choices for the future collectively, seeking cooperation rather than competition.
Sasan Fayazmanesh, CounterPunch. November 15, 2008. What's the likely fallout of our economic crisis? Nobody knows for sure -- but the economists won't admit it.
David Sirota, AlterNet. October 31, 2008. The final stretch of the Presidential race has become an ideological proxy war between Ronald Reagan and Franklin Roosevelt.
Sally Kohn, Movement Vision Lab. October 30, 2008. Conservatives talk about "starving the beast" of government. But given that government feeds and nurtures us, we'd only be starving ourselves.
Kathy G, The G-Spot AlterNet: PEEK. September 10, 2008. Real wages have fallen for every educational group in America save folks with professional degrees (doctors, etc.)
Bill Scher, Campaign for America's Future. August 28, 2008. Sen. Joe Biden shows that he gets what's going on in America, not with stats, but around middle-class kitchen tables.
Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group. August 26, 2008. Money is on the mind of voters as they see their paychecks shrink from inflation, their jobs threatened and their middle-class dreams diminished.
Danny Schechter, AlterNet. August 12, 2008. While everyone's watching the housing meltdown, few are paying attention to the next bubble expected to burst: credit cards
Joseph Stiglitz, The Guardian. August 11, 2008. Unlike the GOP, progressives have a coherent economic agenda offering not only higher growth, but also social justice.
Angela Kelley, Huffington Post AlterNet: Immigration. August 7, 2008. "The U.S. needs a practical, fair, and reasonable solution to immigration that includes smart enforcement measures."
