by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 2, 2009 | Blog, Economy, Making it in America
Taken out of context, this argument sounds almost like a right-wing or corporatist knock against the climate change bill that's pending in the Senate: The bill that was introduced this week by Sens. John Kerry and Barbara Boxer could put at risk 4 million American...
by Terrance Heath | Oct 1, 2009 | Blog
When are we going to get sick of stories like this happening over and over again? Stacie Ritter stood outside health insurer Cigna Corp’s Philadelphia headquarters clutching photocopied pictures of her four-year-old, cancer-stricken daughters as she shouted "shame."...
by Brian Dockstader | Oct 1, 2009 | Blog
We have long known that conservatives in Congress are hopelessly out of touch with both reality and the American people. So while it represented nothing new, House Minority Leader John Boehner's (R-OH) recent comments on health insurance reform made me do a double...
by Alex Lawson | Sep 30, 2009 | Blog
With only eight months in office, Rep. Alan Grayson is showing Democrats how to respond to the manufactured outrage from the right-wing. Rep. Grayson took to the floor of the House to tell Americans the truth— the Republicans do not have a plan to provide health care....
by Eric Lotke | Sep 30, 2009 | Blog
The forum on American debt and deficit had it right. First, don’t panic. Don’t stop the stimulus spending or raise taxes with the economy still near the bottom. The Center for American Progress and Center on Budget and Policy Priorities convened the forum. Guests...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 30, 2009 | Blog
How do we build a new economy out of the collapse of the old economy? How do we start fresh to begin creating jobs again, while building in economic and environmental sustainability, as well as workplaces that respect human needs and rights? How do we change things so...
