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Straw Poll Results Progressives Stand With Obamas Jobs Agenda
This will be a disappointment for the political reporters always looking to gawk at "hot Dem-on-Dem" action or what Rep. Donna Edwards, D-Md., at the Take Back the American Dream conference this week called a "progressive food fight," but the straw poll taken at that...
SHOCKER A Liar in a Congressman’s Office
Nicole Sandler was a featured speaker at the Take Back the American Dream conference, and is host of The Nicole Sandler Show Mon.-Thurs. at 10 AM ET. The following was originally published at Radio or Not. After the American Dream rally at the Capitol, a group of us...
Revisiting Santelli
Ezra is featuring some thoughts by veteran organizer Rich Yeselson on his blog today that are well worth reading. I think his insight about face to face involvement is particularly interesting. I'm hearing from people who are involved in the protests that the energy...
President Obama Calls The Republicans Bluff On Jobs
President Barack Obama today made sure that congressional Republicans will pay a political price if they continue to obstruct any action on jobs. Asked whether he was merely campaigning instead of negotiating to pass a jobs bill, President Obama said he was "eager" to...
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: Time To March...
Progressive Breakfast - 10/6/2011
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: Time To March...
Hank Williams Jr Bring Him Back Buy Him a Beer - and Invite Him to #OccupyWallStreet
By now everybody knows that Hank Williams, Jr. was suspended from ESPN and Monday Night Football for that strange and now infamous interview where he seemed to compare the President of the United States to Adolf Hitler. I say: Bring Hank back. Bring him back with no...
Champions For Womens Rights Wisconsin Workers Immigrants Honored At Gala
The Annual Gala Dinner at the Take back the American Dream conference honored several people at the front lines of the progressive movement's most critical battles. Planned Parenthood Federation of America was designated this year's "Progressive Champion" for its...
Make Work Pay For US -- CEO Pay vs The Rest Of Us
At the Take Back The American Dream conference session titled “Make Work Pay: Why Empowering Workers & Holding CEO’s Accountable is Vital to Economic Growth” Christine Owens of the Nationsal Employment Law Project described to the audience how wages are declining....
Progressive Breakfast - 10/5/2011
MORNING MESSAGE: What Next? OurFuture.org's Terrance Heath: "The second day of the Take Back the American Dream conference posed the question that was probably on the minds of many attendees: What should we do next? ... Participants in the Take Back the American Dream...
