by Terrance Heath | Dec 15, 2011 | Blog
James Thwinda has a great post up at In These Times about "Why Conservatives Can't Fix Poverty." He zeroes in on Newt Gingrich as the prime example of the contemporary conservative approach to poverty, debunks the right's "distorted characterization of poor people,"...
by Jeff Bryant | Dec 14, 2011 | Blog, Education
Heard the term "edu-bubble" yet? Chances are you will soon. No doubt you've heard of the "dot-com bubble." And if you're like millions of Americans, you may be currently experiencing the ravages of the "housing bubble." But the edu-bubble? During the dot-com bubble,...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Dec 14, 2011 | Blog
While the rest of Congress is arguing over how to continue a payroll tax cut that will not dramatically improve the economy over the next year, members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus planned to introduce legislation today that its leaders assert would create...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 14, 2011 | Blog
Today, the Congressional Progressive Caucus showed their colleagues on the right in what a real jobs bill looks like. And if Republicans still don't get it, the folks over at Change Nation took the extra step of literally drawing a picture for them. Visit the link to...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Dec 14, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Congress could this week enact legislation, if it chose to, that would create more than 5 million jobs in the economy over the next two years. That works out to more than 208,000 jobs a month, well above the average of 132,000 jobs a month that have been created over...
