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Progressive Breakfast - 4/7/2009
Gates Seeks Military Budget Reform ... But It Is Enough? NYT: "Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announced a major reshaping of the Pentagon budget on Monday, with deep cuts in many traditional weapons systems but new billions of dollars for others, along with more...
The New National CEO Pay Figures: The Outrage Continues
Despite the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, top corporate executives are still taking home staggeringly more than their counterparts a generation ago. Millions of Americans last year lost their jobs, their homes, and their retirement security....
Opportunities Missed At The G-20
The debate over how well President Obama did at the G-20 summit last week—and certainly the debate over who touched who first in the encounter between First Lady Michelle Obama and Britain's Queen Elizabeth—doesn't address the most important question of all: What did...
Progressive Breakfast - 4/5/2009
Will Bank CEOs Be Next? Bloomberg highlights Geithner leaving open possibility of bank CEO resignations: "Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said he’s prepared to oust the senior management and boards of directors at banks that require “exceptional” assistance from...
Progressive Budget, Progressive Values
"Budgets are moral documents" ~ Rev. Jim Wallis "What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility… This is the price and promise of citizenship." ~Barack Obama, January 20, 2009 There are moments when the stark contrast of values between progressives and...
Her Son's a Quadriplegic. That's the Least of Her Worries
It was tragic enough that her 11-year-old son became a quadriplegic after gunshots hit him while he was playing outside. But now Alberta, a single mother, worries every day because she can't leave her job to take care of her son. Without her job, she has no way to...
Job Crisis For African-American Men
As bad as today's unemployment news is for the nation, for the African-American community it's much worse. African Americans as a group continue to bear a disproportionate share of the damage done to the economy by misguided conservative policies. It consequently...
Progressive Breakfast - 4/3/2009
Unemployment Hits 8.5% Bureau of Labor Statistics Friday AM release: " Nonfarm payroll employment continued to decline sharply in March (-663,000), and the unemployment rate rose from 8.1 to 8.5 percent ... Since the recession began in December 2007, 5.1 million jobs...
Getting Past Philanthropic Foolery
The good folks at the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy would like us to know that we can gain “new insights” aplenty from the just-published second edition of their ongoing landmark research on the charitable giving of America’s rich. The...
When You Honor An Unsung Progressive Hero…
What does it mean for an unsung hero of the progressive movement to be recognized for his or her behind-the-scenes work with the annual Maria Leavey Tribute Award? The annual award will be presented at America's Future Now! convening June 1-3. While nominations remain...
