Liberal Lens
Should the GOP look forward to 2016?
David SirotaNov 13, 2014
THE DRAMATIC, across-the-board victory engineered by Republicans in the Nov. 4 elections would seem to bode well for the partys chance to capture the White House in...
Big Brother is here…literally
David SirotaOct 15, 2014
Why did Bradley Cooper and Jessica Alba fail to record a tip when they paid their cabbies during New York City taxi rides back in 2013? Why was Cooper near […]
Why isn’t economic inequality a bigger issue?
David SirotaOct 08, 2014
IF critics of income inequality are wondering why the growing gap between rich and poor hasnt been a more potent political issue in the upcoming elections, a new study...
Journalists on the government’s blacklist
David SirotaSep 04, 2014
As states move to hide details of government deals with Wall Street, and as politicians come up with new arguments to defend secrecy, a study released earlier this month...
Juking the job stats
David SirotaAug 14, 2014
A DECADE ago, as the US hemorrhaged manufacturing jobs, the federal government considered reclassifying fast food as a manufacturing industry. Sounds ludicrous? Today,...
Pension cuts finance stadium subsidies
David SirotaJul 31, 2014
AS states and cities grapple with budget shortfalls, many are betting big on an unproven formula: Slash public employee pension benefits and public services while...
Big money behind a big merger
David SirotaJun 05, 2014
There are plenty of reasons to worry about the proposal to combine Comcast, America’s largest cable and broadband company, with Time Warner Cable, the second-largest...
Is journalism losing its nerve?
David SirotaMay 22, 2014
When I went into journalism, one of the first things I was told as a freshman is that journalism is different from stenography. It is supposed to be — or […]
Wall Street’s secrecy swindle
David SirotaMay 01, 2014
In the national debate over what to do about public pension shortfalls, here’s something you may not know: The texts of the agreements signed between those pension...
Other people’s corruption
David SirotaApr 18, 2014
In America, there is regular ol’ corruption, and then there is Chicago Corruption, with a capital “C.” America’s third largest city is so notoriously corrupt,...