by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 12, 2012 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Former Campaign for America's Future staffer Anne Thompson got a scoop this past weekend when she asked presidential candidate Mitt Romney about his position on the minimum wage, and he responded by saying he supported indexing the minimum wage "so it adjusts...
by Bill Scher | Jan 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
MORNING MESSAGE: Outsourcing Is Out. Insourcing Is In. OurFuture.org's Scott Paul: "President Obama, to his great credit, gathered about a dozen businesses and many more experts at the White House to strategize on how to bring manufacturing jobs back to America. Here...
by Alan Jenkins | Jan 12, 2012 | Blog
On January 3rd, America lost one of the greatest champions of equal opportunity and human rights that our nation has ever known. Judge Robert L. Carter, civil rights lawyer, jurist, and fierce defender of justice, passed away at age 94 after suffering a stroke. Judge...
by | Jan 11, 2012 | Blog, Making it in America
Insourcing. That’s at the top of my trending list for 2012. But, how do we make reshoring—bringing job back from overseas—real? For America to have a thriving economy and lower unemployment, we need to create more good-paying jobs. And to do that, we’ll have to win...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 11, 2012 | Blog
The Obama White House continues to push for a settlement that would let bankers avoid being punished - or even investigated - for a wave of mortgage-related crimes that includes perjury, tax evasion, and several types of fraud.[1] Despite the President's new-found...
