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Job Numbers Add To The Case Against Right-Wing Austerity
Today's Bureau of Labor Statistics unemployment report was another one reflecting a so-called "new normal" for the economy in which what borders on bad is heralded as good. Let's not be ambiguous about this. The fact that the economy created 157,000 jobs in January,...
Hagel: Making An Example Of The Apostate
I just have the feeling old Chuck Hagel didn't exactly prepare himself for a thoroughly predictable grilling. Or he just doesn't know what he's talking about. I'm sure this has a lot to do with the fact that he's seen as soft on Iran and hostile to Israel. But I also think some of this is just the way the Republicans deal with apostates. Hagel broke with the party in favor of the Democrats and that. is. simply. not. done. They are making an example of him.
Why Are Republicans Trying To Cut Us Back Into Recession?
The deficit problem is largely solved. Yet Republicans are still trying to cut us back into recession. Before the election they had an excuse: if they kept the economy down people might vote against Obama. But now? What is their game? Jobs fix deficits, and to fix jobs, fix trade and invest.
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: SOTU Must Tackle Trade OurFuture.org's Robert Borosage: "The U.S. trade deficits are back up – over $1 billion a day. For all the talk about insourcing, companies have used the recession to continue to ship good jobs abroad. China and its Asian...
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: SOTU Must Tackle Trade OurFuture.org's Robert Borosage: "The U.S. trade deficits are back up – over $1 billion a day. For all the talk about insourcing, companies have used the recession to continue to ship good jobs abroad. China and its Asian...
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: SOTU Must Tackle Trade OurFuture.org's Robert Borosage: "The U.S. trade deficits are back up – over $1 billion a day. For all the talk about insourcing, companies have used the recession to continue to ship good jobs abroad. China and its Asian...
Why a Trade Strategy Should Be a State of the Union Priority
Despite nearly three years of growth, we have over 20 million people in need of full-time work. Wages are declining. This economy is not working for working people. To recover from this economic downturn, we requires more than a short-term stimulus and certainly not...
A Creepy Student Essay Contest – Wall Street's War For Young Minds
It may be the creepiest student competition in history. Foreclosure.Com's essay contest may be trivial compared to what Wall Street's doing to undermine our educational system and manipulate our thinking, but it reflects the same warped set of values.
Push To Get Heidi Hartmann For Labor Secretary
The Campaign for America's Future 's Roger Hickey today joins a long list of leaders who are calling on President Obama to name Heidi Hartmann, the founder and president of the Institute for Women's Policy Research, to be the next Secretary of Labor. "The next...
Atlas Shrugged For Dummies
John Nichols compiles a list of quotes from some of the "Randiest" members of congress (and I'm talking about people who have the hots for a dead Russian romance novelist.) But then he features one who makes even the Rand lovin' Paul Ryan look like a casual reader.
