by Bill Scher | Oct 12, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Yesterday, an unanimous Senate Republican caucus didn't just lead a filibuster to kill the American Jobs Act. The Republicans stopped the Senate from even beginning to have a discussion about doing anything at all to create jobs. Typically, a filibuster happens after...
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 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, Economy
This will be a disappointment for the political reporters always looking to gawk at "hot Dem-on-Dem" action or what Rep. Donna Edwards, D-Md., at the Take Back the American Dream conference this week called a "progressive food fight," but the straw poll taken at that...
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 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....
