by Bill Scher | Jul 27, 2010 | Blog, Economy
In two weeks at the 70th Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, hundreds of thousands of bikers will have a chance to send a message to Harley-Davidson, Inc. and its fellow irresponsible corporations: Stop hoarding profits. Create jobs. Support America. Milwaukee-based...
by Terrance Heath | Jul 21, 2010 | Blog, Economy
"It hurts me that they didn't even try to attempt to see what is happening here, they didn't care." Shirley Sherrod – on her forced resignation from the USDA within hours airing of a heavily edited video of Sherrod speaking at an NAACP event by right wing...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 20, 2010 | Blog, Economy
Two depressing reports today show the depth of today's jobs emergency, both immediately and in the long term. The message that these two reports convey is clear: We are in a deeper hole than much of the rhetoric coming from either end of Pennsylvania Avenue suggests....
by Dave Johnson | Jul 20, 2010 | Blog, Economy
The Constitution of the United States, Article II, Section 3: "He may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them..." We have a jobs emergency and the Congress has not acted. Almost everything the Senate does is being blocked by an...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 19, 2010 | Blog, Economy, Making it in America
Will you be at Netroots Nation in Las Vegas later this week? I will be on a panel, The 2010 Elections: Channeling the Power of Jobs, Populism and the Angry Voter, Thursday at 10:30am. Come on by and attend the panel! Here is the complete description: The 2010...
by Sam Pizzigati | Jul 11, 2010 | Blog, Economy
Over half of America has already felt the Great Recession, personally and profoundly. Yet life at our economy's summit remains ever so sweet. That's a bitter reality we really ought to start confronting. The ranks of the hurting — in Great Recession America...
