Economy
Washington Forgets About Jobs Thursday Well Remember
Demanding bold solutions to today's jobs crisis. Read the series » Register for The Summit on Jobs & America's Future » Washington is afflicted with its own version of March Madness, and we're not talking college basketball. Call it a severe case of attention...
Tomorrow We Build The Jobs Movement [VIDEO]
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Yesterday, Campaign For America's Future Co-Director Roger Hickey appeared on MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan Show to preview tomorrow's "Summit for Jobs & America's Future," and stress the importance of...
Lets Get Real About Jobs
Demanding bold solutions to today's jobs crisis. Read the series » Register for The Summit on Jobs & America's Future » This Thursday, CAF will host The Summit on Jobs & America's Future. We'll talk about how to create the jobs America needs for a real...
What Budget Cuts Mean To Actual PEOPLE
To prepare you for the following stories, here is some context. You might remember that just a few weeks ago Washington passed an extension of the huge tax cuts for the rich and as an added bonus cut the tax on inherited income way, way down. This added approx. $400...
Dan Froomkin On Why America Needs Jobs And A Jobs Summit
The Huffington Post's senior Washington correspondent Dan Froomkin today solves a mystery. Last year he launched a series, "America Needs Jobs," and promised 20 ideas that should be on the policy table for discussion. The ideas made for compelling reading, even though...
A Jobs Bill Wrongly Ignored In Budget-Cut Mania
Demanding bold solutions to today's jobs crisis.Read the series » Register for The Summit on Jobs & America's Future » At a time when the nation faces a lost decade of chronically high unemployment, you would think any serious proposal for putting people back to...
Elected By Promising Jobs Cutting Jobs Once In Office
See if this sounds familiar. Get elected by promising jobs. But once in office push through tax cuts for the wealthy and their corporate masks, and cut jobs. Then use the resulting budget deficits and jobs crisis to whip up pubic panic. Finally, use that panic to push...
Jobs Report Treading Water—Barely
Demanding bold solutions to today's jobs crisis.Read the series » Register for The Summit on Jobs & America's Future » This morning's jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is somewhat encouraging news for job seekers, but it does not change what we've...
Jobs Report -- Not Really Even Treading Water
Robert Borosage says today's jobs report is "Treading Water." Isaiah Poole says "Treading Water—Barely." Robert Borosage, The February jobs report showing an increase of 192,000 jobs, with increased employment in virtually all sectors, provides welcome news. But don’t...
Who Says Grow Jobs Before Cutting Spending Everyone
Demanding bold solutions to today's jobs crisis.Read the series » Register for The Summit on Jobs & America's Future » This week, yet another poll showed the public puts creating jobs ahead of deficit reduction for the "top priority of the federal government." Are...
