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A Do-It-Yourself Giant Does It to Workers
Amid double-digit joblessness, two top U.S. corporations cut still another mega merger deal that enriches execs and tosses workers, by the thousands, out onto the street. You don’t have to be a high-flyer in high finance to get a kick — and a fortune...
A Momentous Step
The following statement was released by Roger Hickey and Diane Archer The Campaign for America's Future declares our strong public support for the "Affordable Health Care for America Act of 2009" (H.R. 3962). While we would’ve preferred stronger provisions in some key...
Hell No! We Won't Send Our Tax Dollars to China
Taking candy from a baby: A consortium of Chinese and American companies goes to Washington and announces plans to build a $1.5 billion windmill farm in West Texas using $450 million in U.S. stimulus funds, which will create 2,330 jobs - 2,000 of them in China. The...
Thank (Or Spank) Your Congressperson
The conventional wisdom in Washington is that Saturday night's historic vote for health care reform, including a public health insurance option, was that it was a "tough vote" -- that it was politically risky for congresspeople in swing
The Morality of Health Care Reform, pt. 6
(The sixth in of a series of seven.) Nothing in Common If the cliché that a picture is worth a thousand words is true, then a couple of images might sum up the debate of over health care reform, and prove representative of the opposing sides. [Via Preemptive...
Progressive Breakfast - 11/9/2009
The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day. No Rest For The Weary As Health Care Moves To The Senate LA Times on Reid's timing: 'Reid is hoping to bring the issue before the Senate in a week or so, but...
Billionaires For Wealthcare Thank Bachmann Mob For Their Support
On Thursday the 9/12ers were whipped up into an undifferentiated rage against most everything that is not Michele Bachmann or Fox News. The protest was brought to DC on an AstroTurf wave of Billionaire Koch dollars. The Billionaires for Wealthcare thought it would be...
New Unemployment, Old Solutions
Today’s unemployment data contain gloomy news. Gloomy, but expected. The interpretation of the data is even worse. First, the data. Unemployment rose to 10.2 percent last month, breaking the double digit barrier. Most people expected it to happen, though the job loss...
Message To Energy Department: U.S. Greenbacks For U.S. Green Jobs
News of the potential use of U.S. stimulus funds for a wind power project in Texas that will produce 2,000 Chinese manufacturing jobs—but a scant number of American jobs—has generated justifiable outrage, including a letter from Sen. Charles Schumer,...
Progressive Breakfast - 11/6/2009
The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day. BREAKING NEWS: Unemployment Breaks 10%, Though Pace of Job Loss Continues To Slow. Labor Dept. release: "The unemployment rate rose from 9.8 to 10.2 percent in...
