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Economist Robert Kuttner visited AFL-CIO's book club earlier this week to discuss his forthcoming book, Debtors' Prison: The Politics of Austerity Versus Possibility. In the book, Kuttner argues that policymakers are focused on the wrong kind of debt in making laws and attempting to fix the economy. Rather than a heavy emphasis on reducing the public debt, which leads to misguided policies of austerity, Kuttner says, reducing personal debt would go much further toward improving the economy and spurring job growth.
Transportation within Boston was nearly impossible Friday as the city was shut down and the house-to-house manhunt continued for the second suspect in the deadly Boston Marathon attacks.Planes continued to takeoff and land at Boston Logan, but the airport is operating under heightened security, airport officials told NBC News.The only way to get to and from the airport is to drive, with all the ci...
The Boston Marathon bombing and subsequent manhunt for suspects has already become part of the debate over immigration reform in Washington, with one high ranking Republican questioning the screening process that allows immigrants into the United States.The Senate Judiciary Committee was scheduled to hear testimony from Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano on the bipartisan immigration ...
The streets of Boston, Mass., were deserted today due to a widespread lockdown as police hunt for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings. Photos of the empty city have been pouring in via social media.
