by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 1, 2010 | Blog, Economy
We now have hard evidence of what we have been seeing on an anecdotal basis as the anemic economic "recovery" continues to muddle forward: The workers who lost their jobs in the Great Recession are entering a job market in which the new jobs being created are at...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 30, 2010 | Blog
You wouldn't know it from this past weekend's media coverage of Glenn Beck's effort to co-opt the message of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the site of his famous "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington, but there was a counterdemonstration that day that featured people...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 26, 2010 | Blog
A number of cities around the country are turning off their street lights, unpaving their roads and rolling back what used to be sacrosanct public services because they can no longer afford to provide them. The New York Times reported recently that students at a...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 16, 2010 | Blog
As you encounter congressional candidates who are out vote-hunting this week, as them a simple question: Will you pledge to oppose any cuts to Social Security benefits, including increasing the retirement age, and any effort to privatize Social Security? It's a simple...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 10, 2010 | Blog, Making it in America
The Commerce Department on Wednesday is expected to release new international trade figures that will underscore how critical it is that Congress and the White House move forward with an aggressive "Make It In America" program combined with a rejection of the...