by Robert Borosage | Jun 26, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision
The launch of Hillary Clinton’s undeclared candidacy for president – in the form of the roll-out of her memoir, "Hard Choices," an astounding two and a half years prior to the election – has been marked by big media and silly gaffes. Tin-eared and thin-skinned,...
by Robert Borosage | Jun 20, 2014 | Progressive Vision
We live in a populist moment. The Great Recession shattered the myths and lies of the conservative era. Barack Obama’s historic election briefly lifted hopes, but they were dashed in a recovery that still fails most Americans. A young generation, bequeathed...
by Robert Borosage | Jun 16, 2014 | Blog, Economy
In the first six months of this year, Senate Republicans used the filibuster to block the Senate majority from increasing the minimum wage, providing paycheck fairness to women, and enabling those with student debt to refinance at lower rates, paid for by insuring...
by Robert Borosage | Jun 6, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
The May jobs report – 217,000 new jobs with unemployment rate unchanged at 6.3 percent – was largely as predicted. The U.S. economy has finally surpassed the peak jobs level reached before the Great Recession nearly five-and-one-half years later. The jobs growth is...
by Robert Borosage | May 30, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
The U.S. economy contracted in the first three months of 2014, according to revised figures issued by the Commerce Department, down a “seasonally adjusted, annual rate” of 1 percent. With the economy expected to bounce back in the second quarter – April to June – the...
