Category: Economy
Who’s Afraid of Elizabeth Warren? | Innocence Abroad: NYU in the U.A.E.
by Alison Fairbrother | Jun 1, 2011 | Economy, PoliticsA Bonus for Consumers “Wall Street bonuses in 2010 alone totaled $20.8 billion — more than 51 times the size of the C.F.P.B.’s budget cap.” —Elizabeth Warren in testimony before the House Financial Services Committee THREE BILLS WORKING THEIR WAY THROUGH the House Financial Services Committee are precisely what most Republicans on the committee […]
Tax the Poor, Feed the Rich
by WS Editors | Jan 1, 2011 | Economy, PoliticsLimitless Greed “This estate tax proposal is emblematic of the limitless greed of the wealthy, but also that Republicans are so beholden to the wealthiest Americans that they would demand it.” —Rep. Jan Schakowsky “IT’S POPULAR TO SAY THAT SPENDING IS THE PROBLEM. But one can’t help noticing the irony of extending the ’01-’03 tax […]
Exit DeLay | Boehner Inc. | No Sweat
by WS Editors | Dec 15, 2010 | Economy, Legal AffairsEXIT DELAY—On the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, Tom DeLay’s political career came full circle in an Austin courthouse five blocks south of the Capitol building where his career began in 1979. The former majority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives was found guilty of money laundering and conspiracy to engage in money laundering. Executives from […]
Taking Back the Education Revolution
by Lou Dubose | Dec 15, 2010 | Economy, PoliticsFollowing the Money “Should the American people put their faith in a white billionaires boys’ club to lead the revolution on behalf of poor people of color?” —Barbara Miner, at NOTwaitingforsuperman.org The documentary film Waiting for Superman advances a seductive argument: that the solution to the “problem” of public education lies exclusively in innovation that […]
An Incentive to Buy High | Uncle | Non, je ne regretted rien
by WS Editors | Nov 15, 2010 | Economy, Legal AffairsAn Incentive to Buy High—If the General Services Administration is the government’s “Office Depot Catalog,” as attorney Victor Kubli describes it on page 1 of this issue, the Industrial Funding Fee is an enticement for vendors listed in the catalog to gouge the government. The fee funds the agency, which receives no appropriation to operate. […]
Bad Faith Documentary
Bad Faith
“A great and powerful and timely film” – Ken Burns
Critics are raving about BAD FAITH, the sensational expose of Christian Nationalism from directors Stephen Ujlaki and Chris Jones
“One of the Ten Best Films of 2024” – Variety