by Robert Borosage | Jan 24, 2014 | Economy, Progressive Vision, State of the Union
The White House is signaling that one focus of President Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday will be on our extreme and rising levels of income inequality. He'll feature basic pocketbook issues like raising the minimum wage, extending unemployment benefits,...
by Robert Borosage | Jan 21, 2014 | Progressive Vision, The New Populism
Is the “new populism” hailed by the mainstream press for real? The celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday reminds us how far we are from a vibrant people’s movement that can force change in Washington. But the difficulty that the White House has had in...
by Robert Borosage | Jan 16, 2014 | Budget Talks, Conservatism
“In Defeat for Tea Party, House passes $1.1 Trillion Spending Bill,” The New York Times reports. The compromise bill that will sail through the Senate by the end of the week is celebrated for heralding a return to “regular order,” to the bipartisan cooperation needed...
by Robert Borosage | Jan 14, 2014 | Progressive Vision
Rep. George Miller of California has announced that, after 40 years in the House, he will not seek re-election this fall. The House will lose a rare and valued leader; progressives will miss a true champion. Big George’s passions were clear in the committees he has...
by Robert Borosage | Jan 10, 2014 | Blog
For December, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that the economy added an unexpectedly low 74,000 new jobs in December, while the unemployment rate declined from 7.0 to 6.7 percent, largely because of people dropping out of the labor force. The jobs number...
