by Terrance Heath | Oct 7, 2011 | Blog
This week, my eight-year-old son asked me a couple of questions about the war in Afghanistan. They were simple questions. Yet, both times I struggled to answer. The first question came out of the blue. "Dad," he asked me, "Why did we go to war in Afghanistan?" I had...
by Terrance Heath | Oct 7, 2011 | Blog
As the last full day of the Take Back the American Dream conference ended, the "Building the Progressive Movement: What Should We Do Next?" action strategy session posed the question that was probably on the minds of many attendees: What should we do next? The...
by Robert Borosage | Oct 7, 2011 | Blog, Economy
The September 2011 jobs numbers continue to send an SOS to Washington to act now on jobs. This economy verges on another downturn. The few jobs being created are not sufficient even to employ the new people coming into workforce, much less to begin to reduce the 25...
by Leo Gerard | Oct 7, 2011 | Blog
To convey the significance of the Occupy Wall Street movement, NBC News anchor Brian Williams this week quoted the 1960s Buffalo Springfield song, For What It’s Worth: “There is something happening here. What it is ain't exactly clear.” Maybe it’s unclear what the...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 7, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Co-director Roger Hickey appeared on the Dylan Ratigan Show Tuesday to discuss the influence of big money in politics and whether progressives could find common cause with tea party activists on...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 6, 2011 | Blog
So tell me is this fair? We've got worker's rights in the air, and Congress hasn't put one jobs bill there. What's up, Boehner? Now I catch feeling that you don't even care about a debt ceiling. The only thing our Congress is doing is working to bring women's rights...
