by Steven Capozzola | Sep 20, 2012 | Blog, Making it in America
Let's look at some simple stats… U.S. manufacturing employment in January 2000: 17,292,000 U.S. manufacturing employment in January 2012: 11,860,000 Annual U.S. trade deficit with China in 2000: $83.8 billion Annual U.S. trade deficit with China in 2011: $295.4...
by Brian Dockstader | Sep 20, 2012 | Blog
For a long time — basically ever since Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell infamously stated that the Republican Party's #1 goal was to defeat President Obama — it has been plainly obvious that the Republican Party was committed to a strategy of...
by Bill Scher | Sep 20, 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: Senate Republicans...
by Robert Borosage | Sep 20, 2012 | Blog
The young men and women who serve in our military return from fighting in the longest wars in American history to the worst jobs market in generations. They suffer higher unemployment rates than the general population: More than one in 10 is officially counted as...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 20, 2012 | Blog
Just when you think Mitt Romney couldn't sink his well-heeled foot any deeper into his mouth, he shoves it in even further. The outrage over his dishonest, political point-scoring over the Muslim riots in Afghanistan, Egypt and Libya was still unfolding, when Romney...
