by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 9, 2011 | Blog
I've just purchased tickets to see the new movie "Contagion," about a mysterious virus that spreads with deadly havoc around the globe. But after reading this article by the Los Angeles Times, I'm realizing that the real health horror story is not coming from...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 9, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Today 68 major progressive organizations have sent a letter to President Obama urging him to present a "big, bold" jobs program to the nation in his anticipated post-Labor Day address. Some of the organizations signing the letter, while praising the...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 9, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Zero. That was the number of net jobs produced by the economy in August, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Zero is the number that looms above President Obama as he delivers his address Thursday to a joint session of Congress. The imperative for the...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 9, 2011 | Blog, Economy
President Obama's speech before a joint session of Congress Thursday will be measured in a number of ways, but for the millions of unemployed and underemployed people in America only one measurement counts: the specific proposals Obama places before the country to get...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 8, 2011 | Blog, Economy
One of the House Progressive Caucus co-chairs, Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., is expected to introduce a bill later today that will require the 12-member congressional deficit-reduction "super-committee" to vote on a plan to create 3 million jobs—before acting on...
