John McCain’s campaign has revised the controversial mortgage relief proposal he put forth during Tuesday night’s debate.
From Politico:
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) made an…
It seems that Bill O’Reilly’s “you aren’t man enough” slur against Barney Frank (D-MA) was just the tip of homophobic iceberg in the right’s assault…
Over at The Nation, Chris Hayes has details on an alternative proposal to avert further economic catastrophe just unveiled by House progressives who voted against…
Lawrence Mishel, president of the Economic Policy Institute, sent some very astute thoughts on the economic crisis, the bailout, and what they say about conservatives’…
The House of Representatives just voted down the Bush-Paulson-Dodd-Frank bailout bill 228-205. This was despite Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer, and John Boehner all supporting it.…
An insidious argument has found favor with many conservatives: that government-encouraged lending to minorites, especially the Community Reinvestment Act, was the root cause of our…
When people discuss the state of the American economy, they throw around a lot of numbers. These numbers are quite easily spinned, don’t always mean…
The symbol of the subprime mortage crash, Countrywide Financial, turns out not to just have sold a bunch of bad mortages that then crashed and…
A little-noticed amendment to a housing bill introduced by California Democratic Senator Diane Feinstein and Florida Republican Senator Mel Martinez late last month contains a…
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