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Flip-Flop-Flip: Now Romney Ends Up On Wrong Side Of Minimum Wage Flip-Flop
In January I called attention to the work of our former colleague Anne Thompson, who captured video of presidential candidate Mitt Romney saying that he supported ensuring that the minimum wage kept pace with inflation.
99 Spring April 9-15
Non-violent direct action.
Last month I wrote in, You Should Know About The "99% Spring",
Action Coming -- Spread The Word!
This is a Big Deal, just look at end of this post for the list of organizations that are signed on to this so far - and more coming.
Progressive Breakfast - 3/6/2012
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: Yes, Transportation Spending Creates Jobs
Progressive Breakfast
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: Yes, Transportation Spending Creates Jobs
Honoring Justice
On March 1st, I had the honor of speaking at the memorial service for civil rights hero and respected jurist Judge Robert L. Carter. These were my reflections:
I had the privilege of serving as Judge Carter’s Law Clerk in 1989. But years before that, I was sure that I wanted to know this man, and to be known by him.
American Workers The Best Bet
Remember the fear in 2008? Think of the collapse of Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers. Wall Street melting down. Pension savings disappearing. Housing values plunging and foreclosures skyrocketing. Three million workers losing their jobs.
It had all the makings of another Great Depression. As Barack Obama took office on Jan. 20, 2009, he faced a dilemma.
Mitt Romney Takes Us Back To The Age of Enron
Mitt Romney, in the latest permutation of his "pander-to-win" campaign strategy, has declared that he wants to take America back to the Age of Enron. Remember Enron? "The Smartest Guys in the Room"?
Health Care Reform Was The Tea Party’s First Defeat
FIGHTING FOR OUR HEALTH
The Big Reagan Recovery Was Government Spending And Hiring
Conservatives like to talk about how well the economy did under Reagan, and how poorly it is doing now. Then they say that government "takes money out of the economy." But the difference in economic growth was that under Reagan the government was spending and hiring, and now it isn't.
Progressive Breakfast - 3/5/2012
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.
