by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 1, 2010 | Blog, Economy
We now have hard evidence of what we have been seeing on an anecdotal basis as the anemic economic "recovery" continues to muddle forward: The workers who lost their jobs in the Great Recession are entering a job market in which the new jobs being created are at...
by Steven Capozzola | Sep 1, 2010 | Blog, Making it in America
Nearly one year ago, President Obama invoked a trade law known as “421” for the first and only time in the decade the law has been in effect and imposed tariffs on some automobile tire imports from China, which have been surging into the United States from 2004 to...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 31, 2010 | Blog
Last weekend was the anniversary of Martin Luther King's March on Washington For Jobs and Freedom, and Labor Day is next weekend. Last weekend Glenn Beck tried to hijack the MLK march anniversary in the name of the far right and their tea party noisemakers, but we...
by Zach Carter | Aug 31, 2010 | Blog
Ezra Klein has a pretty silly post up about the Wall Street regulation bill and the SEC's funding. He argues that since the SEC failed miserably in the years leading up to the crisis, it's absurd to see them getting more funding in its aftermath. Like bloated banks,...
by Sam Pizzigati | Aug 31, 2010 | Blog
Today marks the 100th anniversary of what may be the most ‘radical speech’ an American ex-President has ever delivered. The words of that former President, Theodore Roosevelt, still ring incredibly true today. By Sam Pizzigati and Chuck Collins Ex-Presidents almost...
by Robert Borosage | Aug 31, 2010 | Blog
The Wall Street Journal assails President Obama for "bait and switch on Social Security," because he's criticizing Republican plans to privatize Social Security, which the Journal says don't exist. The editorial then goes on to call for cutting benefits to "strengthen...
