by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 7, 2011 | Blog, Economy
The Huffington Post's senior Washington correspondent Dan Froomkin today solves a mystery. Last year he launched a series, "America Needs Jobs," and promised 20 ideas that should be on the policy table for discussion. The ideas made for compelling reading, even though...
by Leo Gerard | Mar 7, 2011 | Blog
Not like Valentine’s Day, which is about love and chocolate, or Mother’s Day, which is about sentimentality and breakfast in bed, International Women’s Day is about equality and autonomy. The first commemoration occurred on March 19, 1911, a time when most governments...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 7, 2011 | Blog, Economy, Making it in America
Demanding bold solutions to today's jobs crisis.Read the series » Register for The Summit on Jobs & America's Future » At a time when the nation faces a lost decade of chronically high unemployment, you would think any serious proposal for putting people back to...
by Steven Capozzola | Mar 7, 2011 | Blog
Hey everyone: QUICK TRIVIA QUESTION: Where are iPads and iPhones manufactured?... Need we even tell you the answer? Aren't all of you quite obviously aware that these omnipresent, hi-tech gizmos are "Made in China?" Brace yourself: In an interview on ABC This...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 6, 2011 | Blog, Making it in America
ABC News has been doing a series on Made In America, outfitting a Dallas family's home entirely with products that are made here. Click through to see videos from this week, before and after photos, a guide to finding goods Made In America on the Internet, as well as...
by Sam Pizzigati | Mar 6, 2011 | Blog
Lavishly paid corporate executives, flush with tax-deductible taxpayer dollars, have plenty of reason to relish the right-wing assault on 'overpaid' public employees. But we can wipe that grin off their faces. Somebody is getting rich off our tax dollars. That...
