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Four Holiday Gift Ideas for Progressives

By David Sirota
December 21st, 2008

If you're a procrastinator like me, then you are frantically scurrying at the last minute to pick up holiday gifts for friends and family. So let me suggest four great gifts for you or any progressives you know - gifts that make great presents and that also help build and support the progressive movement. Here they are in no particular order: more »

CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS DELIVER A PROGRESSIVE MANDATE

By Toby Chaudhuri
November 5th, 2008
11/05/2008

Twenty-six out of the 29 Democratic candidates who won seats previously held by Republicans in the House and Senate championed bold progressive economic positions, according to a new report released today by the Campaign for America’s Future. The report shows that these progressive candidates’ victories represent a swing to the left of 34 votes in the House and 10 in the Senate, reflecting a clear mandate for progressive change.

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CEOs Get Bailed Out. Workers Get Sold Out

By Tula Connell
September 26th, 2008

Photo credit: Jeremy BrooksBefore she became the first female Labor secretary in 1933, Frances Perkins had seen firsthand the tragedy of Manhattan’s 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist fire. Locked in by their employer, 146 mostly young girls died when they couldn’t escape the burning building where they toiled in sweatshop labor. Later, as the New York industrial commissioner, Perkins held employers accountable for workplace safety and health, expanding factory investigations and championing other pro-worker laws, like unemployment insurance.

Now, imagine if Elaine Chao had been there instead. more »

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U.S. Spat with Venezuela Grows

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September 13th, 2008
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i.abcnews.com — The United States stopped trying to be polite in an escalating diplomatic shoving match with the populist leaders of Venezuela and Bolivia. Washington slapped new sanctions on three aides close to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and called him weak and desperate. The Venezuelan ambassador got the boot for good measure, a move that was purely for show. Chavez had already brought his man home. The rupture began when Bolivian President Evo Morales expelled the U.S. ambassador there, accusing him of inciting violent protests. Chavez followed suit, accusing the "U.S. empire" of helping plot a coup against him. He later gave the American ambassador 72 hours to quit the country.

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The Right Message on Social Security

By John Nichols
From thenation.com
August 8th, 2008
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thenation.com — The truth, as honest financial analysts have always argued, is that Social Security is secure — and will be for decades if Congress agrees to minor reforms, such as requiring wealthy Americans to pay their fair share.

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WAR ROOM OPERATION TO TRACK CHANGES IN ECONOMY; DELIVER TALKING POINTS AND SOLUTIONS

By Toby Chaudhuri
August 5th, 2008
08/06/2008

The Campaign for America’s Future launched an economic war room today to help frame the ongoing debate as the economy changes at an increasing pace and continues to get worse for millions of Americans. The operation will deliver daily poll-tested talking points tying the latest research by think tanks like the EPI Policy Center to the latest opinion research by top strategists.

SOCIAL SECURITY PRIVATIZATION COULD FORCE THOUSANDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY INTO POVERTY

By Toby Chaudhuri
August 4th, 2008
08/05/2008

Social Security privatization, embraced by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., would cut guaranteed benefits for thousands of future retirees by thousands of dollars, according to a new state-specific report released today by the research arm of the Campaign for America’s Future.

The Perils of Privatization

Social Security Privatization Cuts Lifetime Benefits; Makes Senior Citizens Vulnerable to Poverty

By Eric Lotke
Institute for America's Future
August 04th, 2008
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Conservatives are trying to resurrect an idea to radically change Social Security that has already been soundly rejected by the American people—privatization. A new series of Institute for America's Future reports finds that if privatization proponents succeed, 8.6 million senior citizens would lose a safety net that keeps them from falling into poverty. more »

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Less than half of workers participate in a retirement plan

Submitted by Natalene Ong
July 17th, 2008

Only a fraction of workers who participate in a retirement plan have access to a traditional kind of pension that guarantees income in retirement

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Economic Policy Institute. "Retirement Security Issue Guide." September 2006. Economic Policy Institute. 17 July 2008 http://www.epi.org/content.cfm/issueguides_retirement_facts
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The Social Security "crisis" is a right-wing myth

Submitted by Natalene Ong
July 17th, 2008

Social security assets assets, held in the form of U.S. Treasury securities, will last another 38 years

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Congressional Budget Office. "Updated Long-Term Projects for Social Security." June 2006. Congressional Budget Office. 17 July 2007 http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/72xx/doc7289/06-14-LongTermProjections.pdf
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