by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 16, 2007 | Blog
A federally-imposed reporting requirement goes into effect today that is a transparent attempt by the Bush administration to intimidate union activists and hamper union activity. The tactic is to do to unions what conservatives complain liberals do to businesses: Bog...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 15, 2007 | Blog
While President Bush continues to spread sunny optimism about the economy, we keep hearing discordant news from places where the sun doesn't shine. "U.S. consumers continue to be under difficult pressure economically," Wal-Mart's chief executive said in widely...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 10, 2007 | Blog
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to lead a House delegation to New Orleans and the Mississippi coast starting Sunday in an effort that should draw fresh attention to what remains the shame of the nation, two years after Hurricane Katrina swept through the Gulf Coast....
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 4, 2007 | Blog
There is a telling graphic inside Friday's New York Times that puts into perspective the Republican Party's summer theme song, "Do-Nothing Congress." It bears remembering as just one example of the difference Democrats are trying to make in how our country is...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 23, 2007 | Blog, Minimum Wage
With all of the talk about the conservative obstructionism in Congress that is keeping important bills from becoming law, Tuesday brings something worth celebrating: The federal minimum wage, which had been frozen at $5.15 an hour for almost 10 years, increases 70...
