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Richard J. Eskow

Richard “RJ” Eskow is senior adviser for health and economic justice at Social Security Works. He is also the host of “The Zero Hour,” a syndicated progressive radio and television program.
Released for Syndication:
09/03/2021
Some commentators have taken to describing Afghanistan as a “failed narco-state.” While accurate in many ways, the description has a bitter ring when it is used by American officials. That’s like robbing someone of everything they own and then accusing them of poor money management. ...
Released for Syndication:
06/30/2021
President Biden’s infrastructure plan includes $400 billion in home care spending. Forbes Magazine describes Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) as “a champion of the GOP’s semantic objections” to that proposal. She and her fellow Republicans claim that home health care doesn’t fall under the definition...
Released for Syndication:
09/15/2020
The democratic principle of tuition-free education in our country pre-dates the founding of the United States. The first public primary education was offered in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1635, and its legislature created Harvard College the following year to make education available to all...
Released for Syndication:
04/27/2020
Congress must act decisively to ensure Americans get needed health care in the face of the novel coronavirus pandemic, both to promote public health and to reduce viral spread. But one Democratic proposal is a massive giveaway to...
Released for Syndication:
03/25/2020
Call it the “Boeing bailout.” As the world struggles with the pandemic, Boeing should be seen as the vector for a parallel epidemic. It’s Patient Zero in an epidemic of corporate failure. As we change the way we live our lives, corporations like Boeing should...
Released for Syndication:
01/06/2020
“Purity test”? “Pragmatic progressive”? “Free stuff”? What are these politicians talking about? ...