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...
by Bill Scher | Jul 9, 2012 | Blog
After the 2010 tax cut deal between President Obama and congressional Republicans, some on the left presumed Obama was giving up on ending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy. But I argued at the time that he was simply playing for time while facing a hostile House, and...
