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Clean Energy Manufacturing Jobs & Earth Day 40th Anniversary
On Thursday, April 22, 2010, the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day, groups representing workers, industry, and environmental groups will be lobbying Senate offices, urging members to support policies that ensure American manufacturing capacity is used to meet the...
the truth of the unemployment
When will we learn that outsourcing to China proves hazardous to our health?... The Miley Cyrus line of bracelets and necklaces contain toxic levels of cadmium. As the Associated Press and USA Today are reporting, the jewelry (which was made in China) is dangerous to...
Canton Ohio Town Hall We Can Make It Build It Grow It Here
The Canton, Ohio "Keep It Made In America" Town Hall meeting was at the Kent State University Stark Campus this evening. Lieutenant Governor and Senate candidate Lee Fisher spoke. His opponent, Rob Portman, (U. S. Trade Representative under George W. Bush) was also...
Erie Pa Town Hall No Country Ever Went Broke Investing In Its Own People
Last night's "Keep It Made In America" Town Hall meeting was at the Bayfront Convention Center in Erie, Pennsylvania. Kyle Foust, Chairman of the Erie County Council welcomed the attendees and led off the Town Hall meeting, quoting Hubert Humphrey: "No country ever...
The Conservative Pledge To Encourage Big Companies To Send Jobs Away
Did you know that almost every conservative politician in the country has signed a pledge to encourage big multinational corporations to keep sending jobs out of the country? Grover Norquist, head of the lobbying organization Americans for Tax Reform, is one of the...
Making Sense On Jobs And The Deficit
Editor's Note: This is the last in a series of "Making Sense" fact sheets on key economic issues to help you win the debate on the core issues facing middle-class families. Each fact sheet contains information, talking points and resources you can use to make the case...
Progressive Breakfast Tea Cant Create Jobs
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to affect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. Tea Party Will Watch Infrastructure...
Progressive Breakfast - 10/19/2010
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to affect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. Tea Party Will Watch Infrastructure...
Making Sense Health Care Reform
Editor's Note: We're publishing a series of "Making Sense" fact sheets on key economic issues to help you win the debate on the core issues facing middle-class families. Each fact sheet contains information, talking points and resources you can use to make the case...
Dont Believe The Bank Lobby Foreclosure Fraud Is Bad For Homeowners And The Economy
The bank lobby is spreading a host of silly myths about the foreclosure fraud outbreak in an effort to downplay the scandal and minimize concerns over potential bank losses that have emerged in the blogosphere. Housing Wire’s Paul Jackson spouts most of them in his...
