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Katrina vanden Heuvel, Bob Herbert, and Missed Connections
April 19, 2011
"We need to stay loudly and clearly that there is an alternative. The debate underway is suffocatingly narrow," says Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of The Nation, of the way the conversation about jobs and the economy has become a conversation about spending and deficits. Meanwhile, she notes, outside of the Beltway, independent media and independent activists like US Uncut are fighting hard to change the conversation.
The F Word: Missed Connections from the Economic to the Social
April 19, 2011
Is there a journalism school tradition that teaches up-and-comers to put stories in little boxes? Half our job, in independent media, it seems to me, is putting the connections back.
Chrystia Freeland: Tracking The New Super-Elite
January 7, 2011
A multibillion-dollar bailout and Wall Street’s swift, subsequent reinstatement of gargantuan bonuses have inspired a narrative of parasitic bankers and other elites rigging the game for their own benefit. And this, in turn, has led to wider—and not unreasonable—fears that we are living in not merely a plutonomy, but a plutocracy, in which the rich display outsize political influence, narrowly self-interested motives, and a casual indifference to anyone outside their own rarefied economic bubble.
Nancy Giles, The New Super-Elite, and Who's in the News
January 6, 2011
John Boehner took charge of the House of Representatives with a bang--a really big bang, from a really big gavel. Also a few tears, of course, and a dramatic reading of the Constitution--though Nancy Giles notes that the Republicans might be surprised as to what they find in there, as they tend to treat it more like a game of Mad Libs.
Best of 2010: Unemployed Workers, Thomas Frank & Chris Lehmann
December 27, 2010
We're bringing you our top shows of 2010 this week, on the Web and on TV. We hope you enjoy! This one's from December 2. Members of Congress talking about shutting the government down until they can extend tax cuts for the wealthy are "in denial, blinded by their greed," says Constance Kaplan, "They're not concerned with us." Connie is a law librarian who's worked for JP Morgan Chase, among other companies, and is a '99er'--she's been unemployed for over 99 weeks and has thus lost all government unemployment benefits.
Brave New Films: No Millionaire Left Behind
December 8, 2010
If the Bush tax cuts were a comic book, what would they look like? Who's the superhero, and who's the zombie? Our friends at Brave New Films put together this video to look at the situation facing Congressional Democrats as the tax cuts for millionaires are set to expire.
Bill Fletcher Jr., Robert Kuttner, and Tax Cuts
December 7, 2010
"This is about crushing the power of working people, we should be very clear," says Bill Fletcher, Jr. of the attacks on federal workers' pay. Freezing their wages isn't enough; some, like Rand Paul, say they should actually be cut. It's all more proof, Bill notes, that no compromise will be enough for Republicans, whether it's tax cuts or pay freezes or any other supposed economic recovery or deficit reduction tactics.
Chris Lehmann & Thomas Frank: Rich People Things
December 3, 2010
"I guess I missed the part of the book of Genesis where Moses says 'Let my people make $250,000 a year or more,'" jokes Chris Lehmann, author of the new book Rich People Things (from OR Books, also publisher of At The Tea Party). And Thomas Frank notes, "It's expensive to be a populist these days!"
Unemployed Workers, Chris Lehmann & Thomas Frank, and the Big Float
December 2, 2010
Members of Congress talking about shutting the government down until they can extend tax cuts for the wealthy are "in denial, blinded by their greed," says Constance Kaplan, "They're not concerned with us." Connie is a law librarian who's worked for JP Morgan Chase, among other companies, and is a '99er'--she's been unemployed for over 99 weeks and has thus lost all government unemployment benefits.
Ari Berman & Karen Finney: Missing the Message
November 30, 2010
Democrats were trying to get the focus back on the parts of their agenda that could actually get through the lame duck Senate this week--that is, until the latest WikiLeaks documents got out. Now once again, the media's focus has shifted, but that doesn't make the economic situation any less dire.

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