by Digby | Dec 20, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy, The Jobs Challenge
Greg Sargent reports that the fight to extend Unemployment Insurance may not be quite done yet: Democrats and liberal groups are still not giving up. They are planning a concerted, multi-faceted push over the break designed to pressure Republicans — not Congress;...
by Thom Hartmann | Dec 20, 2013 | Economy, The Jobs Challenge, Unemployment Benefits
Three days after Christmas, 1.3 million Americans will lose their unemployment benefits. And, another two million will stop receiving assistance if Congress doesn't extend long-term benefits by June. Our nation is barely pulling out of the worst recession since the...
by Lori Wallach | Dec 20, 2013 | Economy, The Jobs Challenge, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Hard work, smart planning and perseverance made 2013 a year of inspiring fair-trade activism. Vibrant grassroots activism and dogged D.C. advocacy resulted in a new level of public and congressional concern about the perils of Fast Track and the Trans-Pacific...
by Digby | Dec 19, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy, The Jobs Challenge
AEI (yes, AEI) offers up some evidence that austerity policies are bunk. Not kidding: Earlier this year, as The New York Times reported, the North Carolina legislature cut unemployment benefits, reducing (a) the maximum payout by a third and (b) the number of weeks...
by Digby | Dec 18, 2013 | Economy, Financial Reform, Progressive Vision, The Jobs Challenge
... introduces a very useful piece of legislation: Much of America – hard-working, bill-paying America – has a damaged credit rating. There are a lot of different reasons, but a lot of people just caught a bad break. They got sick. Their husband left or their wife...
by Bill Moyers | Dec 12, 2013 | Budget Talks, Economy, Minimum Wage, Progressive Vision, The Jobs Challenge
I met Supreme Court Justice William Brennan in 1987 when I was creating a series for public television called In Search of the Constitution, celebrating the bicentennial of our founding document. By then, he had served on the court longer than any of his colleagues...
