by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 4, 2011 | Blog
Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., continued his crusade for defense spending cuts at the Take Back the American Dream conference on Monday, calling on participants to pressure a congressional deficit-reduction "super committee" to focus all of its spending reductions on the...
by Mary Bottari | Oct 4, 2011 | Blog
U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone used to say "sometimes you have to pick a fight to win one." Now Occupy Wall Street has picked one, right in Jamie Dimon's backyard. But it won’t stay contained in Zuccotti Park. While Brookfield Properties called the park a "public...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 4, 2011 | Blog, Economy, Making it in America
There is a green manufacturing revolution occurring in the world -- the rest of it, anyway -- and it is on track to create millions of jobs and trillions of dollars of new wealth. The Take Back The American Dream conference session titled "Stop Outsourcing the Dream:...
by Sara Robinson | Oct 4, 2011 | Blog
How do we talk about the American Dream? And is this a story Americans are ready to hear? According to communications experts Drew Westen and Celinda Lake, they're beyond ready to hear it; in fact, they've been waiting for years for progressives to speak to them with...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 4, 2011 | Blog
If there was one message that united the various speeches that launched the Take Back the American Dream conference in Washington, it was perhaps summed up by former Labor Secretary Robert Reich, who gave a post-lunch talk that was as potent as a can of Red Bull....
by Bill Scher | Oct 3, 2011 | Blog
Van Jones put to rest the notion of a divided Left, as he kicked off the Take Back the American Dream conference today. Noting the wide-ranging feelings about President Barack Obama among the thousands attending the conference, Jones said: "Some people love the...
