OurFuture.org Blogs: Roger Hickey

This morning President Obama signed an executive order creating a National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. more »

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(Editor's Note: On Sunday, The Washington Post ombudsman Andrew Alexander responded to the call for his paper to sever all ties to austerity activist and Social Security/Medicare opponent Pete Peterson, and end its relationship with The Fiscal Times. While he conceded The Fiscal Times' initial work lacked balance, he did not call for The Washington Post to stop publishing news content written by ideological advocates. Below is an email Roger Hickey sent to our supporters today, announcing a new tool so you can help step up the pressure on The Post.)

We're in the midst of a colossal battle: do we want recovery or austerity? Do we boldly invest in America's people and infrastructure to ensure a robust economic recovery, or do we severely cut back and gut Social Security and Medicare to end budget deficits at all costs?

It's fine for citizens and politicians to take sides. It's not fine for the media to take sides. But that's exactly what The Washington Post has done, publishing "news" articles written by The Fiscal Times: an organization funded by billionaire austerity activist Pete Peterson.

Click here now to tell the Post ombudsman to sever all ties to austerity activist Pete Peterson and The Fiscal Times.

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Today (Jan. 4) 21 policy experts sent a letter (below) to Washington Post Board Chairman Donald Graham, requesting a meeting. Why? Because we've gotten no response to our protest letter to The Washington Post's ombudsman. more »

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On the last day of 2009, The Washington Post published an article, presented as a news story, which could be a signal of the death of the Post as an independent and objective news source.

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On Thursday, December 31, The Washington Post published an article, presented as a news story, which could be a signal of the death of the Post as an independent and objective news source. more »

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The blogosphere is aflame with debate over the Senate health care bill. I've just been sent 10 reasons (in one blog post) why progressives should kill the bill and start over in the battle to really reform health care. more »

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Here's my position. In these final days of the health care fight, progressives should work hard to improve the health reform bill in the Senate and in the conference with the (better) House bill. But we should support the passage of the best bill we can get - and then keep fighting for more and better reform. more »

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On Monday morning, wealthy hedge fund mogul Peter Peterson and his Commission on Budget Reform will hold a press conference to issue a "Call to Action to Stem the Mounting Federal Debt." Their scary promotional material declares, "The ever-growing federal debt is spiraling out of control. If not addressed . . . more »

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While we would’ve preferred stronger provisions in some key areas, the "Affordable Health Care for America Act of 2009" (H.R. 3962) constitutes a momentous step toward making a guarantee of quality affordable health care a reality for all Americans. We hope that it serves as a model for action by the Senate.

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“New Life for the Public Option” is the headline of Dan Balz’s excellent article in Sunday’s Washington Post.  It’s not an accident that this powerful idea has made yet another comeback.  And it is not surprising that public and Congressional support, always more »

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