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A Warning To Progressives Tell The Truth
Editor's Note: Shamako Noble, "The Sword of the West," is a San Francisco Bay-area emcee, organizer and activist. He is currently serving as co-founder and current National Field Director of Hip-Hop Congress. He is attending the Take Back the American Dream...
OK Sen Shelby Lets Tell the Truth About Jobs and Regulations
The Republicans have opened another front in their neverending war against regulations, those tools that help government protect us from greedy corporations. Leading the charge once again is Sen. Richard Shelby, the willing servant of Wall Street who weakened the...
Why This is Exactly the Time to Rebuild America’s Infrastructure
Robert Reich will be laying out his vision to create jobs at the Oct. 3-5 Take Back the American Dream conference. The following was originally published at RobertReich.org. Seems like only yesterday conservative nabobs of negativity predicted America’s ballooning...
Progressive Breakfast - 9/27/2011
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: Tell The Truth...
Can a Movement Save the American Dream
Co-written with Katrina vanden Heuvel. Originally published at The Nation. On October 3 activists from across the country will gather in Washington at the Take Back the American Dream conference, in the belief that only a citizens movement can save an American dream...
Is Scott Walker John Doe
Wisconsin has been riveted in recent days by reports that more of Governor Scott Walker's top aides may be implicated in a secret "John Doe" investigation into potentially illegal campaign practices during Walker's 2010 gubernatorial race. Although the investigation...
The New Forbes 400 — and Their 15 Trillion
How swell a year have America’s 400 richest enjoyed over the past 12 months? This good: Google billionaires Sergey Brin and Larry Page each saw their personal fortunes jump by $1.7 billion over the year — and each has slipped five slots in the just-published latest...
Shutdown and Hostage-Taking -- It Is NOT Both Sides Doing It
One side says, "Never mind the deal we just agreed to, cut this or we'll shut down the government" and the other side says, "This isn't fair, and it hurts people. We can't keep agreeing to pay these ransoms, this has to stop!"
Seeking a Trade Rule Enforcer
Leo Gerard will be addressing the Oct. 3-5 Take Back the American Dream conference about the "Contract for the American Dream" and how we can "Stop Outsourcing the American Dream." Click here to register. America is being played. The U.S. allowed China to join the...
Wages of Fear Lockdowns and the IMF on Occupied Wall Street
I walked around lower Manhattan for a long time last Friday looking for the #OccupyWallStreet protests. It was an experiment: Had Mayor Bloomberg and the forces of "security" hidden the demonstrators so effectively that they couldn't be found, even if you went there...
