by Bill Scher | Sep 27, 2010 | Blog
The following was published by the Barry Kendall of the Progressive Ideas Network, summarizing the panel discussion I participated in while at Netroots Nation 2010. At this year’s Netroots Nation convention in Las Vegas, I moderated a panel called “Think...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 27, 2010 | Blog, Economy
Less than a week after the U.S. Census Bureau reported record levels of poverty in the United States, congressional leaders have informed members of a progressive jobs coalition that there will not be a vote before the November elections on a jobs program for...
by Sam Pizzigati | Sep 26, 2010 | Blog
A modest tax on all U.S. personal fortunes over $1 billion could raise more than enough revenue from the Forbes 400 alone to erase the combined budget shortfalls of every state in the nation. David Rockefeller, Sr., the only surviving grandchild of America’s...
by Sara Robinson | Sep 24, 2010 | Blog
I haven't been blogging for the past few weeks because I was busy moving house. After nearly seven years in Canada, my husband and son and I packed up our things, and came home to the US. The decision was almost an accidental one -- it's a long and not very...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 24, 2010 | Blog
Karen Nussbaum has seen first-hand that the conventional wisdom that has erstwhile progressive candidates running with their tails tucked between their legs in the face of Tea Party rhetoric is just plain wrong. She is the executive director of Working America, a...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 24, 2010 | Blog
When last we left our story, the young guns came galloping into a critical moment. The recession is over, and as the dust settles it reveals that the American economy and middle class lay bleeding: 45 million Americans are living in poverty, last year saw the largest...
