by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 28, 2008 | Blog
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by Bill Scher | Aug 28, 2008 | Blog, Minimum Wage
The least wealthy member of the Senate took the stage of the Democratic convention hall Wednesday night to accept the vice-presidential nomination, and sharpened the contrast between the progressive and conservative economic visions. The pressure will now be on...
by Bill Scher | Aug 28, 2008 | Blog
The issue of biofuels is hotly debated even among those advocating a clean energy future. I got two opposing perspectives outside the convention hall, inside the BIg Tent yesterday. First, I spoke with Josh Boger of the Biotechnology Industrial Organization and...
by Bill Scher | Aug 28, 2008 | Blog, Economy
In all the buzz of ideas and activism going on outside the convention hall, the rise of green-collar jobs as a signature progressive idea is inescapable. With the potential to help solve our economic, environmental and national security weaknesses, investing in a...
by Bill Scher | Aug 28, 2008 | Blog
Outside the DNC, Steve Clemons of the New America Foundation and The Washington Note moderated a foreign policy discussion provocatively titled, "Will the Next President Make the Middle East Irrelevant?" The event brought together an impressive array of speakers:...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 27, 2008 | Blog
There they were, billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens, Sierra Club executive director Carl Pope and Center for American Progress president John Podesta on the same stage at The Big Tent in Denver on Wednesday, in near-perfect harmony. Something’s wrong here. And indeed...
