by Tula Connell | Jul 24, 2009 | Blog, Making it in America
The Chamber of Commerce--that's the U.S. Chamber of Commerce--proved once again how anti-American it is when it comes to supporting U.S. industry. In Findlay, Ohio, unions had been organizing a parade and all-day event for this Saturday to highlight American-made...
by Bill Scher | Jul 23, 2009 | Blog
The Weekly World News reports this week: "The official copy of Barack Obama’s birth certificate was stolen this week by Republicans wishing to halt his health care reform ... A growing movement among conservatives known as 'Birthers' believes Barack Obama was actually...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 23, 2009 | Blog, Making it in America
Increasingly people are asking about our country’s plan for restoring and reinventing the economy. And that means thinking about manufacturing – the root of economic power. How will we revive American manufacturing and being back the good-paying jobs manufacturing...
by Leo Gerard | Jul 22, 2009 | Blog, Making it in America
A post by Leo Gerard and Scott N. Paul Our nation faces rising unemployment, staggering debts, shrinking trade, and no sense of when (and if) a real recovery -- one that reaches Main Street and working families -- will take hold. As the federal government responds to...
by Robert Borosage | Jul 22, 2009 | Blog, Making it in America
Washington's special genius is for gridlock. As we're seeing in the health care debate, the entire system is designed to frustrate action — even when Democrats have a popular president, 60 votes in the Senate and a large majority in the House. Moneyed interests trump...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 22, 2009 | Blog
Normally, working-class people don't think much about the Federal Reserve and, as a recent article in The New York Times suggests, the Federal Reserve doesn't spend much time thinking about working-class people. But at a community meeting in Cincinnati Tuesday night,...
