Joshua Holland, AlterNet. November 17, 2009. Wall Street's raking in massive profits and paying its execs and traders record bonuses, thanks in part to government cash. What about ordinary Americans?
Dean Baker, AlterNet. November 2, 2009. All the projections show that the unemployment rate is likely to continue to rising for the immediate future and remain high for years to come.
Aaron Glantz, New America Media. October 13, 2009. There are countless government programs that give citizens access to money earmarked to boosting the economy. Here's where the money is being spent.
Lee Fang, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. August 26, 2009. Despite McConnell’s demands that money stop flowing to projects, he's been a champion of the stimulus in his home state.
Agence France Presse July 28, 2009. Grants totaling $1 billion will be awarded to some 1,046 law enforcement agencies in 50 states according the Justice Department.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. July 21, 2009. Right-wingers are obsessively looking for misguided stimulus expenditures. That'd be great -- if only they got their facts straight.
Dean Baker, The Guardian. July 16, 2009. Politicians and pundits in Washington are either too ignorant, dishonest, or scared to talk about the expenditures that this economy needs.
Agence France Presse June 17, 2009. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said the nation's rail lines will be revitalized through an eight-billion-dollar grant program under Obama's economic stimulus plan.
Ryan Grim, Huffington Post AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. April 25, 2009. Obama repeatedly reminds House GOP of their zero stimulus votes.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. March 25, 2009. Yesterday, Mirek Topolánek’s conservative government fell. Today he’s all over the news criticizing Obama’s governance.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. March 17, 2009. The economy continues its death-spiral and will sink further without more aggressive intervention, argues economist Dean Baker.
