by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 25, 2009 | Blog
The facts, as Wall Street insider-turned-investigative journalist Nomi Prins laid them out Thursday in her talk at the Economic Policy Institute, are a damning indictment of the performance of our politicians. One year after a frenzy of financial industry bailout...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 25, 2009 | Blog
Today the world leaders attending the G-20 Summit get down to business. The main issues are economic restructuring to prevent another collapse, addressing trade imbalances, and discussions of climate change solutions. But the overriding issue for all of us boils down...
by Bill Scher | Sep 25, 2009 | Uncategorized
The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day. Public Option Vote Soon in Senate Finance Committee Public option vote in Senate Finance Cmte was predicted to happen today by Sens. Rockefeller and Schumer,...
by Eric Lotke | Sep 25, 2009 | Blog, Minimum Wage
The G-20 Summit is wrapping up today. We can compare its performance to promises made in advance. Leaders discussed financial markets, of course, but they also made promises about jobs and work. Some highlights: “3. We must promote employment through structural...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 24, 2009 | Blog
A while back I read a blog post by Kim Cranston, of Transparent Democracy, Humanity's Greatest Challenge and Its Solution. That post stuck with me. Kim wrote, Climate change is not humanity's greatest challenge… Neither are pandemics, nuclear proliferation, water...
