by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 20, 2010 | Blog, Economy
Two depressing reports today show the depth of today's jobs emergency, both immediately and in the long term. The message that these two reports convey is clear: We are in a deeper hole than much of the rhetoric coming from either end of Pennsylvania Avenue suggests....
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 19, 2010 | Blog
Today's image from the Rose Garden was a potent one: President Obama, standing with three of America's long-term jobless, calling on Congress to end the Republican filibuster of unemployment benefits and calling out Senate conservatives for their hypocrisy. In today's...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 14, 2010 | Blog
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's "jobs summit" today is less a "jobs summit" and more an effort to further sabotage the Obama administration's efforts to reform the economy and make the economy work for working people. It is also a whine-fest, chock full of right-wing,...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 14, 2010 | Uncategorized
h3>As Progressives Pledge To Address Pain of Unemployment, The Right Keeps Arguing To Make It Worse Democratic Senators returning to D.C. renewed their push Tuesday for unemployment benefits (but still no vote this week), McClatchy reports. "The unemployment insurance...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 13, 2010 | Blog
Less than two months ago, economist Nouriel Roubini, the "Dr. Doom" who foresaw the 2008 economic implosion, told our own Zach Carter in an interview for Alternet that the United States needed to focus on lowering its federal deficit, and "drugging the...
