by Tula Connell | Aug 14, 2009 | Blog, Making it in America
So I took a tour of a steel plant today. There was a lot of hot, molten steel, but also high-tech computerized systems running the show, making sure just enough steel is poured into a mold at just the right temperature and speed, among many other functions. The...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 14, 2009 | Blog, Making it in America
I had the opportunity to tour a steel plant outside of Pittsburgh yesterday. (I am here for the Netroots Nation convention.) The word that keeps coming into my mind is "intense." I experienced intense heat, intense colors in the molten steel, and intense faces on the...
by Sara Robinson | Aug 14, 2009 | Blog
Sara Robinson liveblogs Howard Dean's talk at Netroots Nation, starting at 9am ET Friday morning. Come on by and join the chat! 8:55 There are a lot of people here, considering we were all up drinking past 1 am at vodka reception given at the nearby Andy Warhol museum...
by Bill Scher | Aug 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
Today's Breakfast will be a short one, as I am currently at the Netroots Nation conference Obama does Montana town hall today, then Colorado tomorrow. NY Times lays definitive smackdown on "death panel" smear: "...the rumor — which has come up at Congressional...
by Sam Pizzigati | Aug 13, 2009 | Blog
By every measure that matters, relatively equal nations far outperform nations where income and wealth concentrate at the top. A powerful new analysis from the UK explores these contrasts — and explains them. Huge numbers of people in the United States hold...
