by Robert Borosage | Jul 6, 2012 | Blog, Economy
Today’s jobs numbers reinforce what we already know about this economy: The growth is too slow; the jobs created too few. Last month’s 80,000 additional jobs does not keep pace with the number of new workers coming into the economy. We are essentially limping in...
by Richard Eskow | Jul 6, 2012 | Blog
Recently my friend and colleague Bill Scher challenged progressive critics of President Obama's conciliatory approach toward corporations with a New York Times op-ed entitled "How Liberals Win." Far from being "business as usual," Bill writes, "the Supreme Court's...
by Bill Scher | Jul 6, 2012 | Blog, Financial Reform
The following is an excerpt of an article published by Grist. Recently The New York Times published my op-ed “How Liberals Win,” in which I argued that throughout American history, liberal advancements have been mainly achieved with corporate support, and...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 5, 2012 | Blog
What did you think the word "trade" meant? You probably thought it meant we buy from them, and they buy from us, and we both get richer. I'll bet you never thought "trade" means we buy from them, and they don't buy from us, and they get richer and we get poorer, did...
by Terrance Heath | Jul 5, 2012 | Blog, Climate, Conservatism, Jobs and Growth
This is understatement of the year. The top utility regulators in Maryland and the District accepted a measure of the blame Tuesday for the lingering power outages that have plagued the region for years, saying they did not move swiftly enough to hold Pepco to...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 5, 2012 | Blog
The worldwide battle to get away from the coal and oil industries has been underway for some time. Countries are fighting to gain a share of the new green manufacturing industries with millions of jobs and trillions of dollars on the line. Country after country is...
