by Isaiah J. Poole | Dec 12, 2008 | Blog
The incoming Obama administration has promised to bring cities out of the federal policy wilderness to which they have been exiled for the past eight years. And, given the scale of the economic crisis facing the country, it must, for the sake of the country. Mayors...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Dec 9, 2008 | Blog
What could be the most important test the progressive movement will face in decades starts now. With the economy facing a historic crisis, the question is whether progressives can unite around a plan to make the economy work for working people again. If progressives...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 25, 2008 | Blog
In the deluge of financial news, one story that is emblematic of the colossal failure of the conservative approach to government has gotten too little attention: The Washington Post's in-depth look Sunday at the Office of Thrift Supervision. Like so many federal...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 24, 2008 | Blog
Today there are new signs that President-elect Obama's economic team and the Democratic leadership in Congress are prepared to commit to an economic recovery plan that is suited to the scale of the problem. But the progressive movement will still have to push the...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 18, 2008 | Blog
In a Library of Congress room across the street from the Capitol, about 100 Capitol Hill staffers, activists and experts gathered to build the case for upending the conventional political wisdom that America can't afford right now to invest in itself and its people....
