by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 8, 2011 | Blog
Today's Bureau of Labor Statistics report is a stunner, with only a net total of 18,000 new jobs created in June and the unemployment rate nudging upward to 9.2 percent. Meanwhile, conservatives in Congress have been literally leaving new jobs stranded on crowded,...
by | Jul 8, 2011 | Blog, Economy
If the topline numbers of today’s jobs report weren’t depressing enough, consider some other facts that, taken together, strongly suggest that we are in a serious economic crisis. Let’s start with the basics. The unemployment rate crept up to 9.2% in June. Only 18,000...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 8, 2011 | Blog
In England people "know" many of the same false things that people here "know." Except in England the false things work against English working people instead of against American working people. I am in England this week and next and am enjoying some pub conversations...
by Terrance Heath | Jul 7, 2011 | Blog
To listen to what's coming out of Washington, D.C., these days is to realize that our elected officials are completely ignoring a deficit that threatens to devastate the American economy, and the lives of millions of Americans. No, not that deficit. I'm talking about...
by Jeff Bryant | Jul 7, 2011 | Blog, Education
Down here on the ground in public schools, what school children, parents, and teachers are experiencing are the first tremors of what will likely be seismic shifts in the reality of our nation's education system. As teacher layoffs start to roll-out in Milwaukee, Los...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 7, 2011 | Blog
The Progressive Caucus, in a letter being sent to President Obama today, says any budget deal he agrees to that contains cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid won't get their votes. Given that any deal that President Obama agrees to is unlikely to win over...
