by Bill Scher | Oct 6, 2011 | Blog, Economy
President Barack Obama today made sure that congressional Republicans will pay a political price if they continue to obstruct any action on jobs. Asked whether he was merely campaigning instead of negotiating to pass a jobs bill, President Obama said he was "eager" to...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 5, 2011 | Blog
By now everybody knows that Hank Williams, Jr. was suspended from ESPN and Monday Night Football for that strange and now infamous interview where he seemed to compare the President of the United States to Adolf Hitler. I say: Bring Hank back. Bring him back with no...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 5, 2011 | Blog
The Annual Gala Dinner at the Take back the American Dream conference honored several people at the front lines of the progressive movement's most critical battles. Planned Parenthood Federation of America was designated this year's "Progressive Champion" for its...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 5, 2011 | Blog, Economy, Minimum Wage
At the Take Back The American Dream conference session titled “Make Work Pay: Why Empowering Workers & Holding CEO’s Accountable is Vital to Economic Growth” Christine Owens of the Nationsal Employment Law Project described to the audience how wages are declining....
by Dave Johnson | Oct 4, 2011 | Blog
'A Massive, Militant Movement' AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka addresses the Take Back the American Dream conference October 4. AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka called for a "mighty movement for jobs and a just economy" today at the Take Back The American Dream...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 4, 2011 | Blog
Take Back The American Dream News Conference Highlights Robert L. Borosage of the Campaign for America's Future and Van Jones of Rebuild the Dream outline plans for the "American Autumn." "Save your notes," Van Jones of Rebuild the Dream told reporters and bloggers at...
