by Bill Scher | Dec 3, 2009 | Blog, Economy
United Steelworkers President Leo Gerard sat down with OurFuture.org's Isaiah Poole to provide an inside view of the White House jobs summit. Watch it below. He noted that while there is great focus on quick action to deal with the current rise in unemployment, moving...
by Leo Gerard | Dec 3, 2009 | Blog, Economy
Can't buy me love Everybody tells me so Can't buy me love No, no, no, no From the 1964 Lennon/McCartney song, “Can’t Buy Me Love” Maybe you can’t buy love, but you can buy a job. Franklin Delano Roosevelt did it with the Works Progress Administration during the Great...
by Bill Scher | Dec 3, 2009 | Blog
Ezra Klein on the Washington Post recently argued that progressives should bargain away the current version of the public option in pending health care legislation in exchange for other reforms such as bigger subsidies, tougher rules on demographic discrimination and...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Dec 3, 2009 | Blog
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke employed his characteristic smoothness and conciliatory nature as he navigated the questioning at today's confirmation hearing before the Senate Banking Committee, helped by the largely gentle questioning by Democrats on the...
by Bill Scher | Dec 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day Job Ideas Abound In Advance of Today's WH Summit House leaders looking at TARP funding for jobs. Politico: "...House Democratic leaders are floating the idea of...
