"Words that make actions speak louder."
Conference Committee negotiations on Wall Street reform begin today, with several key battles still unresolved. Thanks to intense progressive pressure, those negotiations are going to be televised live. You can watch the sessions on the web right here, using a stream provided by the Sunlight Foundation. Stay tuned to see if negotiators tip their hand […]
Saying that the Obama “stimulus” was not big enough, conservatives are demanding that the government massively increase deficit spending to create badly-needed jobs. Newt Gingrich, at the conservative media outlet Human Events, calls for an Economic Freedom Act that includes, • Reducing the payroll tax by half for 2010…; • Eliminating the capital gains tax […]
Britain’s new Conservative Party prime minister has an idea for ending pay excess in the public sector. Should overpaid execs in the private sector — in the United States — now be starting to shudder? Conservatives politicians have always enjoyed bashing public employees and their paychecks. So no one should be particularly surprised that David […]
Where RIghts went Wrong: What Happened to the Rights Revolution? Palladian Room Breakout Nan Aron Rea Carey Adam Luna Anthony D. Romero Kierra Johnson Anthony Romero, the president of the American Civil Liberties Union, did not mince words earlier today when he assessed how well the Obama administration has lived up to the promises he […]
Most people know Progressive Insurance from its quirky commercials, starring a character named Flo who staffs the checkout counter at an supermarket that sells insurance in neatly labeled boxes. But the leaders of the nation’s leading progressive activist organizations know Progressive Insurance’s chairman of the board, Peter B. Lewis, for another kind of insurance: vital […]
Life can only be understood backward, said Kierkegaard, but it has to be lived forward. That’s the only explanation I can offer for the strange turn of events that led to me becoming an AIG executive, then a progressive writer/blogger, and to my plans to speak tomorrow at a Treasury Department protest organized by my […]
Bob Borosage introduced Richard Trumka of the AFL-CIO, who said, “Saving and creating jobs is the path to reducing the deficit.” Progressive tradition in America means the same today as for many years. It is the promise of a society built on what unites us not divides us. Majority voted for change in in 2008. […]
Like any parents, we want the best possible future for our children, and we’re doing all we can to prepare them to attain it as our parents did for us. Being the grandson of sharecroppers and the son of 1st generation Polish immigrants, to us that means getting an education, being able to land a […]
This is semi-live blogging (notes corrected later) and there is a lot, so I will highlight the most important points. I attended the Making It In America breakout session at the America’s Future Now conference this morning. Scott Paul of the Alliance for American Manufacturing moderated the session and panelists were Mark Melman pollster Kate […]
What if the nation’s jobless crisis received the same 24-7 media attention that the environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is now receiving? That is the question that comes to mind as several progressive leaders addressed the nation’s unemployment catastrophe at the America’s Future Now! conference. It is prompted in particular by New York […]