by Dave Johnson | Sep 22, 2011 | Blog
Oil-backed conservatives have been absolutely ecstatic over the collapse of American solar-power company Solyndra and the rise of China as the dominant country in green energy, because they think they can turn this into a story that makes President Obama and...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 22, 2011 | Blog, Economy, Making it in America
For more on how we can fight for green jobs, hear Rep. Chris Murphy, United Steelworkers' Leo Gerard, Alliance for American Manufacturing's Scott Paul and Leo Hindery, Jr. at the Oct. 3-5 Take Back the American Dream conference. Oil-backed Republicans are doing...
by Scott Hochberg | Sep 22, 2011 | Blog
For more on how we can save Social Security from conservative attacks, hear Rep. Jan Schakowsky, Campaign for America's Future's Roger Hickey, Strengthen Social Security's Eric Kingson and more at the Take Back the American Dream conference, Oct. 3-5. At least some of...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 22, 2011 | Blog
This has been posted all over the progressive blogosphere by now, but it bears reposting and repeating. Elizabeth Warren, who was passed over to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — her own brainchild — is now a candidate for the Massachusetts Senate seat...
by Richard Eskow | Sep 22, 2011 | Blog
This is it. This is the opportunity that Barack Obama has been waiting for. He finally has the chance to push for policies that are popular with Republicans and independents as well as with Democrats. This is his "post-partisan" moment. But there's a catch: These...
