The rabid right has turned up the volume on their insidious accusations that ACORN is engaging in voter fraud. But the executive director of ACORN is fighting back with a detailed response that would silence the critics if they had a shred of integrity.

Our latest report on the block-and-blame game

The economy that conservatives until a few weeks ago were calling "fundamentally sound" is actually, in many respects, in the worst shape it's been in since the Great Depression, according to a report by economist Charles McMillion.

In 2005, our co-director Robert Borosage warned readers about the travesty of appointing Christopher Cox to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

In the unsanitary sausage kitchen that is Congress, the bailout bill that the Senate approved Wednesday night is particularly ugly and smelly.

Must vote-buying be so shameless in the midst of a serious financial crisis?

A new report released this week adds some statistical weight to what dismayed us about the media's performance during the 2008 primary debates: The media failed to engage the candidates in a meaningful discussion of the issues, but instead largely focused the discourse on the inconsequential.

The House has just voted down the $700 billion bailout bill. We have not yet seen the roll call, but the numbers suggest that a significant bloc within the Progressive Caucus on the left and the Republican Study Committee on the right held firm against the legislation.

Our latest report on the block-and-blame game

The economy that conservatives until a few weeks ago were calling "fundamentally sound" is actually, in many respects, in the worst shape it's been in since the Great Depression, according to a report by economist Charles McMillion.

In 2005, our co-director Robert Borosage warned readers about the travesty of appointing Christopher Cox to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

In the unsanitary sausage kitchen that is Congress, the bailout bill that the Senate approved Wednesday night is particularly ugly and smelly.

Must vote-buying be so shameless in the midst of a serious financial crisis?

A new report released this week adds some statistical weight to what dismayed us about the media's performance during the 2008 primary debates: The media failed to engage the candidates in a meaningful discussion of the issues, but instead largely focused the discourse on the inconsequential.

The House has just voted down the $700 billion bailout bill. We have not yet seen the roll call, but the numbers suggest that a significant bloc within the Progressive Caucus on the left and the Republican Study Committee on the right held firm against the legislation.

Whatever you think of the Wall Street bailout bill that was voted on in the House of Representatives today, there is one thing we all should agree on: Congress must take steps this week to help the working families who are being hurt by this economic downturn.

Here's what AFL-CIO President John Sweeney is saying about the bailout bill and what must come next: