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Hey Let's Have A JOBS Convention!
Last week Republicans branded themselves as the party of cuts. This week the Democrats have an opportunity to be the party of jobs and growth again.
Obama's Challenge: Answer the Question of What Comes Next
As Democrats gather in Charlotte, N.C., one fundamental challenge remains in President Obama’s reelection campaign. He must use the convention to provide a compelling answer to the basic question on voters’ minds: What does he plan to do to get the economy going and put people back to work?
Renew Urgency On Wall Street Probe
The Obama administration’s investigation of major international banks for manipulation of the “London interbank offered rate,” or Libor, has been in the headlines lately, and that’s good news. The banks’ actions have cost savers and investors dearly; shaken anew confidence in our financial markets, and revealed once again pervasive corruption within our banking system.
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: Obama's Challenge: Answer the Question of What Comes Next
OurFuture.Org's Robert Borosage: "As Democrats gather in Charlotte, one fundamental challenge remains in
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: Obama's Challenge: Answer the Question of What Comes Next
OurFuture.Org's Robert Borosage: "As Democrats gather in Charlotte, one fundamental challenge remains in
Labor Day: Team America, Including Workers, Built That
The GOP, the party of exclusion – no gays seeking marriage allowed, also no Hispanics, no black people, no poor people who are on or ever were on welfare, and no women who are on or ever were on birth control – yeah, that private party spent last week taking sole credit for America's greatness, saying in speeches, announcing on signs and even chanting: We built it.
Republicans did it all,
Unions Enforce Democracy
What is Labor Day? And why is it a national holiday?
Labor Day is our national holiday to celebrate the contribution that regular working people make to our country and our economy. It is also a holiday that celebrates the way We, the People democracy can deliver prosperity to many, instead of great wealth to just a few -- when it works. Strong unions help make it work.
Who’s Really Winning the Smartphone Wars?
In our current economic and political environment, we're letting top corporate executives expropriate our public 'property' for private gain. The resulting rewards, for both corporations and their CEOs, can be immense, as the recent Apple patent triumph over Samsung so amazingly demonstrates.
Some Great Short Videos For Labor Day
First, a great music video, We Are The Union, from CWA. I love this one, "Brooklyn Cablevision workers saw through the corporate lies, organized to join CWA, and immortalized the experience in this amazing song."
State of Interdependence
Rick Santorum finally had his moment on the RNC convention stage, all b.
