by Robert Borosage | Jul 6, 2012 | Blog, Economy
Today’s jobs numbers reinforce what we already know about this economy: The growth is too slow; the jobs created too few. Last month’s 80,000 additional jobs does not keep pace with the number of new workers coming into the economy. We are essentially limping in...
by Richard Eskow | Jul 6, 2012 | Blog
Recently my friend and colleague Bill Scher challenged progressive critics of President Obama's conciliatory approach toward corporations with a New York Times op-ed entitled "How Liberals Win." Far from being "business as usual," Bill writes, "the Supreme Court's...
by Bill Scher | Jul 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. MORNING MESSAGE: Challenge Congress...
by Bill Scher | Jul 6, 2012 | Blog, Financial Reform
The following is an excerpt of an article published by Grist. Recently The New York Times published my op-ed “How Liberals Win,” in which I argued that throughout American history, liberal advancements have been mainly achieved with corporate support, and...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 5, 2012 | Blog
What did you think the word "trade" meant? You probably thought it meant we buy from them, and they buy from us, and we both get richer. I'll bet you never thought "trade" means we buy from them, and they don't buy from us, and they get richer and we get poorer, did...
