by Isaiah J. Poole | Feb 19, 2016 | Economy, Election 2016
Since the seventh anniversary of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act – the "stimulus" – was this week, it was a good time to ask, "Who Do You Want In The White House When The Next Recession Comes?" On Friday, Ed Dolan, writing in Nouriel Roubini's...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Feb 17, 2016 | Jobs and Growth
Wednesday marked the seventh anniversary of the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act – the "stimulus bill" – and Vice President Joe Biden marked the anniversary with a visit to New Orleans to tout the legislation's success. The trip was also a...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Feb 16, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
It's a distressingly familiar story: African-American unemployment nationwide remains more than twice that of white people: In the fourth quarter of 2015, according to a recent analysis by the Economic Policy Institute using Labor Department data, unemployment among...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Feb 11, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Robert Borosage explores the meaning for progressives of Bernie Sanders' resounding popular-vote win in the New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary and the political jockeying in the contests ahead. In this one-hour discussion sponsored by the Public Leadership...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Feb 9, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Retirement Security
As Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is being celebrated by progressive Social Security advocates for posting a statement on Twitter late Friday that "I won't cut Social Security," let's not forget why it was important to get Clinton to go on the...
