The Verdict

BRIEFING: The chair of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Carolyn Bartholomew, and the president of the Economic Strategy Institute, Clyde Prestowitz, discuss the economic impact of Obama's trip and the policies we should push for.
» Listen | Read Dave Johnson's post

» Read our series on Obama's China Challenge

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Our Making It In America project champions the revival of manufacturing as essential to rebuilding the economy.

Finally: Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

Robert Borosage: "Democrats finally got the subject right. They initially hoped to do a stealth, piecemeal plan. But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's call for a jobs agenda and President Obama's summit invite responses closer to the scale needed to deal with the challenge we face." Read more »

A Jobs Bill Won't Work...Unless

"It still won’t change the need to restructure the rest of our economy so that it, too, provides good pay and benefits to all of us instead of concentrating all wealth and income at the top." Read more »

Health Care Reform Moves Forward

As the health insurance reform battle moves back to the Senate and the final stretch, progressives need to remember how far we have come, and why we must see this fight through to the end.

Phillip Cryan: Health Care Reform Now at a “Which Side?” Moment for Progressives | » read more

 PLUS
» Terrance Heath: The Morality of Health Care Reform 6 Part Series
» Read the Roger Hickey and Diane Archer statement
» Progressive Breakfast on bill details and progressive community reaction

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