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Progressive Breakfast - 5/5/2009
Banks Need More Capital Bloomberg: "The Federal Reserve plans to deliver results of stress tests on U.S. banks to executives today that may show about 10 companies need additional capital to weather a deeper recession, people familiar with the matter said. Banks are...
Obama's Wrong Note
During the presidential campaign, candidate Barack Obama spoke eloquently about race in America and its continuing relevance to our national progress. But at the press conference marking his first 100 days, President Obama got it wrong. Black Entertainment Television...
390 Years Minus 100 Days ... And Counting
In many ways, the discussion of race in America, particularly as it relates to today's issues (the economy, health care, education), brings to mind the parable of the blind men and the elephant. Different people have a firm grasp on part of the truth in the middle of...
Progressive Breakfast: Specter Opposes Public Health Plan Option
Specter Opposes Public Health Plan Option New Democrat Sen. Arlen Specter opposes public health plan option, on NBC's Meet The Press: DAVID GREGORY: You would not support a public plan? SEN. SPECTER: That's what I said, and that's what I meant. MR. GREGORY: Do you...
Progressive Breakfast - 5/4/2009
Specter Opposes Public Health Plan Option New Democrat Sen. Arlen Specter opposes public health plan option, on NBC's Meet The Press: DAVID GREGORY: You would not support a public plan? SEN. SPECTER: That's what I said, and that's what I meant. MR. GREGORY: Do you...
The 'Risky' Business in America's Executive Suites
Who takes more of a risk when they wake up in the morning and go in to work? Laborers at construction sites? Or CEOs? Statistically, the answer could hardly be any plainer. Just over 1,200 Americans, notes a new report that surfaced last week, died on the job in...
390 Years Minus 100 Days, Pt. 2
National Urban League head Mark Morial recently described the state of black America today as "the best of times and the worst of times." He's right. The inauguration of the first African-American president was a moment worth celebrating as an undeniable example of...
Nowhere Man
“He’s a real nowhere Man, Sitting in his Nowhere Land, Making all his nowhere plans For nobody.” These lyrics to “Nowhere Man,” written and recorded in 1965 by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, describe the Republican Party of 2009. Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter...
Progressive Breakfast - 5/1/2009
Banks Grade Grubbing Stress Tests Bloomberg reports: "The Federal Reserve is postponing the release of stress tests on the biggest U.S. banks while executives debate preliminary findings with examiners, according to government and industry officials. The results,...
390 Years Minus 100 Days, Pt. 1
Many people — including the president himself — have mentioned the absurdity of judging Obama's success at cleaning up messes that were decades in the making, based on his first 100 days in office. It's equally absurd to expect the first 100 days in the administration...
