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Foreclosure Mills: Wall Street's Latest Fraud Scheme
Financial giants have figured out yet another way to profit from fraud. After devastating communities across the country with shady subprime loans, the mortgage industry has launched a new assault on America's neighborhoods. Big banks are now outsourcing their...
Progressive Breakfast: A Win For 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. State Aid, Boost For Jobs, Secures...
Progressive Breakfast - 8/5/2010
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. State Aid, Boost For Jobs, Secures...
The Bank Crisis: Where are the Prosecutions?
Where are the prosecutions of bank officers for defrauding investors or the government? This isn't an academic question or an eruption of pitchfork populism. Personal accountability is vital in board rooms. We know regulation doesn't work very well. Regulators get...
We Couldn't Have Said It Better
AFL-CIO Now blogger Mike Hall lets President Obama tell it like it is. After President Obama finished delivering his speech to the AFL-CIO Executive Council this morning, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka had this question for the president. We're going into a...
Questions The Media Should Ask About The Next Social Security Trustees Report
The Social Security trustees are expected to release an annual report on the health of the Social Security system on Thursday, and it's almost certain that the report will be accompanied by a tsunami of stories and commentary about how Social Security is bankrupting...
Top Economist Says Expand Social Security. Tell The Politicians: Don't Cut It.
In an article for The Daily Beast, economist James K. Galbraith makes the case against cutting Social Security and for expanding it, leveraging the fiscally sound retirement insurance program to help alleviate the jobs crisis: Cutting Social Security would simply...
Made in America: The Good And Bad News For A Jobs Recovery
Three important things happened in the last few days for manufacturing in America. Two are good. One is really really bad. The House passed good bills promoting American manufacturing, and the Joint Economic Committee released a new report finding that our...
President Obama Says ‘Made in America’ at Heart of US Recovery
Addressing the AFL-CIO Executive Council today, President Obama signaled support for the new Congressional "Make It In America" initiative, saying, "As long as I'm president, I'm going to keep fighting night and day to make sure that we win those jobs, that those are...
Geithner and The White House: The Wrong Message in Troubled Times
Picture this: You're lying in the dark with a broken leg. Somebody comes by every couple of days to give you water and a little food, but you're wasting away. Suddenly a figure appears holding a candle. In the flickering light we see Tim Geithner's face. "Hey, there!"...
