Economy
Ways To Create Good Jobs For A Stronger Economy
On the same day that conservatives in the Senate blocked action on a bill that would create 2 million new jobs, progressives and business leaders were in the nearby Russell Senate Office Building discussing what it takes to create good jobs. The Good Jobs For A...
If We Want Great Teachers Dont We Need To Give Them Jobs
Even after writing the headline to this post I have to wonder, "Is this a point that even has to be made?" But in light of events in Washington, DC this week, I have to answer, "Yes." Because just as lawmakers in the White House and Congress were hard at work crafting...
Republicans Block Senate From Even Talking About Jobs
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...
Jobs Numbers Send SOS To Washington Act Now
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...
Roger Hickey on Dylan Ratigan We Need Jobs to Rebuild the American Dream
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...
Straw Poll Results Progressives Stand With Obamas Jobs Agenda
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...
President Obama Calls The Republicans Bluff On Jobs
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...
Make Work Pay For US -- CEO Pay vs The Rest Of Us
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....
Revive Manufacturing with Green Jobs
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:...
The High Cost of Low Wages
Republicans have cooled on Texas governor Rick Perry as their great white hope for 2012, but their desire to make the rest of the country look more like Texas — economically, that is — hasn't. In fact, it's hotter than ever. Despite the fact that Texas leads the...
