by Bill Scher | Sep 17, 2008 | Blog
Not only did Institute for America's Future launch our Op-Ad series this week, putting the focus on progressive principles that can solve the big crises facing America, but the Progressive Ideas Network -- a coalition that includes Campaign for America's Future --...
by Tula Connell | Sep 16, 2008 | Blog
Worsening unemployment. Millions of home foreclosures. Two-income households unable to support families. America's workers are facing economic disasters so severe, even the national media is paying attention. But the current crisis has long roots. America's working...
by Sam Pizzigati | Sep 16, 2008 | Blog
If we want to make the economy work better for working families, we first need to acknowledge a bit of reality we often overlook. An “economy” can’t do anything. Economies, that is, only exist as abstractions. Economies don’t make the decisions that hurt or help...
by Bill Scher | Sep 16, 2008 | Blog
To spark a debate worthy of a great nation in trouble, The Institute for America's Future "Op-Ad" series launches today in the New York Times. The first installment is here, on "Reviving the American Dream." Since the last seven years have seen corporate profits...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 15, 2008 | Blog
Sen. John McCain appropriated huge chunks of populist rhetoric Monday in a speech about the Wall Street meltdown, promising to "reform the way Wall Street does business and put an end to the greed that has driven our markets into chaos." He even used a label for the...
by Bill Scher | Sep 14, 2008 | Blog
The Sunday shows go 1-for-3 for the Watchdog, as the addition of Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) to the presidential race, and the race for the women's vote, appears to have indirectly prompted discussion of a bona fide women's issue: equal pay. On Face The Nation (PDF...
