by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 25, 2014 | Economy, Jobs and Growth
An opportunity is coming for progressives to have a voice inside the Federal Reserve that represents working people and can influence how the Fed does business. This week we learned that two members of the Federal Reserve's open market committee, Charles Plosser,...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 24, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Tax Reform
As fast-food workers across the country strike for decent pay, Burger King is still preparing to abandon the U.S. as its home country. How does a burger company get flipped like this and who gets rich when it happens? Burger King is a company whose products encourage...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 22, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
[fve]http://youtu.be/mQGtZnitGB0[/fve] This past Sunday was declared "Freedom Sunday" by a coalition of civil rights and religious organizations to rally African Americans and others to register to vote. That's all to the good, but Maya Rockeymoore, CEO of the Center...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 19, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Progressives have not only been able to beat back the D.C.-elite effort to cut Social Security, we put the idea of expanding Social Security on the table instead. We pushed LGBT rights and gay marriage and have won significant victories. Sunday's Climate March will...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 18, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Airlines have been notoriously following the typical American capitalist business model of (literally) squeezing the customer into smaller and more uncomfortable seats, literally starving their customers, extorting cash for a bit more comfort on long trips, charging...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 17, 2014 | Jobs and Growth, Progressive Vision
Monday the House of Representatives passed the Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act (H.R. 2996) (RAMI). The RAMI bill, part of House Democrats' Make It In America jobs plan, was sponsored by Representatives Tom Reed (R-NY) and Joseph Kennedy (D-MA) in...
