Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy “Labor has no place to go.” – Chris Hayes WHAT WOULD Democrats be without labor? Where would they be? What would the American middle class look like without unions? Before we met, my own husband was in a situation for many years in [...]
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Where Davos Meets Dueling Narratives on Possible Bank Deal
The idea was to get a settlement with these banks that could bring in billions of dollars in aid for hundreds of thousands of troubled homeowners who’d been served faulty foreclosure documents, some of them including forged signatures. But the shape of this agreement disturbed Schneiderman. He said banks were looking for a release from [...]
Progressive Notes: Congress is a “Gutless Body,” DREAMers Press Obama, and Other Goings On..
Art offers his perspective as a movement progressive activist. Any nation that year after year continues to raise the Defense budget while cutting social programs to the neediest is a nation approaching spiritual death.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. Anyone who reads this blog I want them to watch this video and forward it to [...]
‘American Dream Movement’ Intends to Rival Tea Party from the Left
From Chris Cilliza, who doesn’t believe Van Jones can replicate on the Left what the Tea Party did on the Right. Of course, Cilizza says it’s “unlikely,” which in traditional journo speak means not a chance in hell. “We think we can do what the tea party did,” Jones said in an interview with The [...]
Screw Austerity
“This will be the largest economic campaign we have ever run,” Justin Ruben, MoveOn’s Executive Director said in an interview with The Huffington Post. “The goal here is to really change the debate and refocus it on the stuff that is necessary to create jobs and make the economy work for regular people … It [...]
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