America’s Dilemma: Teachers or Food

By: emptywheel Saturday July 17, 2010 9:55 am

Remember that important NYT story from early this year describing the growing number of Americans whose sole income consists of food stamps? About six million Americans receiving food stamps report they have no other income, according to an analysis of state data collected by The New York Times. In declarations that states verify and the [...]

Corporatist Dems Killing another Public Option

By: emptywheel Saturday February 6, 2010 10:35 am

This story is several days old. But I wanted to go back and show how, after a pack of lobbyists killed one attempt to get government to use its power to save money and improve health care, another pack of lobbyists are trying to do the same with higher education. Eric Lichtblau (who, IMO, does [...]

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