by Bill Scher | Jan 28, 2009 | Blog
The House is debating the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on the floor as I write this. And the conservative minority is employing the same tactics that have led them into the minority: failed ideas wrapped in fresh lies. The big lie/talking point being...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 28, 2009 | Blog
The American Society of Civil Engineers' preliminary release today of its 2009 Report Card on Infrastructure lays bare the toll conservative ideology has taken on our transportation system, public facilities, water network and power grid. The ASCE gives the nation a...
by Robert Borosage | Jan 28, 2009 | Blog
We are headed into the most ambitious era of progressive economic reform since the New Deal. The crisis leaves little alternative, as job losses mount across the country and the world. The Obama administration has hit the ground running, pushing to pass an $800...
by Bill Scher | Jan 27, 2009 | Blog
Last month, Institute for America's Future unveiled the $900 billion, two-year Main Street Recovery Program, backed by 2,000 economists, labor leaders, progressive organization and citizens. Since then, Congress is working on it's economic recovery plan, currently at...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 26, 2009 | Blog
The Campaign for America's Future is joining with our allies at Americans United for Change in asking you to flood congressional offices today and Tuesday with calls for immediate action on the economic recovery package scheduled for a House vote this week. The number...
by Sam Pizzigati | Jan 26, 2009 | Blog
We all know about the greed and grasping at Wall Street's failed giants. But the greed at 'successful' companies elsewhere in America is getting a free pass. President Barack Obama, in the opening moments of his eagerly awaited administration, last week reminded an...
