Archive for September, 2009

Lindsay Beyerstein, of The Media Consortium, wrote on the march against health care that occurred over the weekend in D.C.  Read more.

The president outlined his vision for health care reform before a special joint session of Congress last night. Check out reactions to Obama’s health care reform vision and other top healthcare news this week…

This week’s Mulch rounds up the latest news about Van Jones resignation from the White House, and what that will mean for environmental policy and racial equity. Read more…

James Boyce wrote an article on the Huffington Post on the importance of taking steps toward clean energy.  Common Sense’s involvement with the NRDC Action Fund brings this issue very close to home. Read more here.

The president outlined his vision for health care reform before a special joint session of Congress last night. Find out the reactions of Media Consortium members here.

We’re coming to the close of  the year in which President Obama said that immigration reform would be a priority. But to date, the Obama administration has only extended harsh immigration enforcement provisions put in place by the Clinton or second Bush administrations.  Read more in this week’s Immigration Wire…

Tonight President Obama will spell out his vision for health care reform before a special joint session of Congress. Read more of what Media Consortium members have to say about Obama’s speech…

Big news broke over the weekend: Max Baucus and the Senate Finance Committee finally got down to brass tacks and circulated a draft of a bill ahead of president’s big health care speech tomorrow. As expected, the draft calls for billions in subsidies to buy private insurance but no public option to contain costs. Read more of today’s Pulse here…

James Boyce, founder of Common Sense NMS, wrote on the ridiculous opposition to President Obama speaking to school children. Read the Huffington Post entry here.

This week’s Audit looks at the disparity between the treatment of low-wage workers and executives at bailed-out megabanks. While most low-wage workers report being cheated out of fair pay, CEOs continue to rake in millions, even when that money comes courtesy of taxpayers. Read the rest of the Audit here…