by Roger Hickey | May 14, 2014 | Blog
We hope you will register and attend the New Populism conference on May 22. Sen. Elizabeth Warren will give us a great keynote. And all day we will participate in sessions with an impressive group of leaders. See details below. Seats are going fast, so please...
by Roger Hickey | Mar 16, 2014 | Progressive Vision, The New Populism
A new progressive populist movement is rising up in the United States. Inspired by an expansive vision of greater economic opportunity for all Americans, this new movement is also fueled by anger over politicians’ broken promises. After decades of recurring economic...
by Roger Hickey | Feb 21, 2014 | Chained CPI, Retirement Security
Great news! The Associated Press reported on Thursday that an unnamed Obama administration official (speaking on background) announced that the chained CPI will not be in President Obama’s budget. Just so we all really believed this signal, the White House Office of...
by Roger Hickey | Feb 10, 2014 | Democracy, Progressive Vision
I was honored to be part of a historic and joyful event on Saturday, February 8, as an estimated 75,000 to 100,000 North Carolinians streamed into their capital city to from all over their state to participate in a historic Moral March on Raleigh. As they were filling...
by Roger Hickey | Feb 7, 2014 | Jobs and Growth
Today's unemployment report from the Labor Department is disappointing to millions of Americans who are looking for jobs. It shows that the U.S. economy created only 113,000 jobs – well below most economists' expectations. Many experts had hoped that this report for...
