by Roger Hickey | Jul 11, 2012 | Blog
The Affordable Care Act is already working. And those who vote to repeal it will hurt the 2.5 million college age kids who are now covered through their parents' plans -- the 24 million seniors who got checkups through Medicare or the 17 million kids who can no longer...
by Terrance Heath | Jul 10, 2012 | Blog, Economy, Making it in America
While on vacation last week, I came across a CNN analysis that asked an important question, especially in light of Friday’s jobs numbers: Where are the jobs bills? Another month, another weak jobs report. And don’t expect Congress to do much about it anytime soon....
by Dave Johnson | Jul 10, 2012 | Blog, Economy
We have a jobs emergency that is hollowing out the middle class. Some say automation is the cause of our high unemployment and that it will get worse. Others say there are other structural problems and that our high unemployment is a "new normal." Perhaps these are...
by Leo Gerard | Jul 10, 2012 | Blog
The United Steelworkers would not take “shut” for an answer. Steelworkers demonstrated, petitioned, held press conferences, conducted candlelight vigils, demanded studies, pestered lawmakers, organized meetings and ultimately helped save about 1,200 good-paying...
by Richard Eskow | Jul 10, 2012 | Blog
More and more Washington insiders are asking a question that was considered off-limits in the nation's capital just a few months ago: Who, exactly, is Attorney General Eric Holder representing? As scandal after scandal erupts on Wall Street, involving everything from...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 9, 2012 | Blog, Making it in America
Here is a second short video with highlights from the Take Back the American Dream conference panel, Making It In America: Reviving and Strengthening U.S. Manufacturing. This video, Straight Talk About American Manufacturing, comes is from the Inernational Association...