by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 11, 2013 | Shutdown
With Congress now poised to focus on a high-stakes debate on federal spending, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author David Cay Johnston advised a group of progressive leaders today that it's time to take the gloves off. "We need to stop beating around the bush...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 10, 2013 | Trans-Pacific Partnership
An analysis released today of the effects of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement concludes that "most workers are likely to lose" as a result of the agreement, and that what the economy will gain as a whole "amounts to a rounding error." The study,...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 6, 2013 | The Jobs Challenge
As Washington today digests the significance of yet another ho-hum jobs report, "official" Washington would do well to take a short trip to what many of us consider part of the "real" Washington, where there is a lot more clarity about what our top economic priority...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 5, 2013 | Health
Of all of the things that conservatives have tried to do to undermine the Affordable Care Act – the countless repeal votes by House Republicans, the rumor-mongering about "death panels," trumpeting and inflating stories of businesses cutting employees and work hours...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 28, 2013 | Progressive Vision, The Unfinished March
This is what a missed opportunity looks like: When President Obama finished his speech at the Lincoln Memorial Wednesday afternoon at the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington, the crowd that lined the Reflecting Pool applauded briefly,...
