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Watchdogs And Lapdogs On Financial Reform

By Isaiah J. Poole
November 20, 2009

There was a major victory for accountability this week in the financial reform fight, but there was also a demonstration that when it comes to protecting the profits of bankers at the expense of ordinary people, no institution does it better than the Party of No. more »

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Labor Exec Shows How To Demolish Banking Industry Facade

By Isaiah J. Poole
November 17, 2009

Wall Street Reform Matters

Hear AFL-CIO policy director Damon Silvers explain why financial reform is important and his assessment of his debate with American Bankers Association president Edward Yingling.

The banking lobby, as corporate lobbies are wont to do, can build a wonderful Potemkin village of consumer delights, where a defanged government beholden to business interests smiles as unfettered CEOs and marketers rack up their profits and where only the buyer need beware.

This particular village, however, is as flimsy as it is fake, as Damon Silvers, the policy director at the AFL-CIO, demonstrated in a face-off with the banking industry's chief lobbyist, American Bankers Association president Edward Yingling sponsored by the Aspen Institute.

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What We Want From A White House Jobs Summit

By Isaiah J. Poole
November 13, 2009

President Obama's team made it clear months ago that he will brook no talk of a "second stimulus" at a time when the first stimulus is under significant criticism—from the right, to be sure, but also from the left. more »

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Message To Energy Department: U.S. Greenbacks For U.S. Green Jobs

By Isaiah J. Poole
November 6, 2009

News of the potential use of U.S. more »

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Message To House: Don't Allow Mini-Madoffs

By Isaiah J. Poole
November 4, 2009

The financial reform effort was dealt a significant setback in the House Financial Services Committee today when the committee approved a regulatory bill (HR 3817)< more »

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Make Them Afraid Of Wall Street's Money

By Isaiah J. Poole
November 3, 2009
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Progressive Breakfast: The Net Domestic Product

By Isaiah J. Poole
October 30, 2009

The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day. Bill Scher is traveling; he will return Monday.

Thursday's news that the nation's gross domestic product grew at an annual rate of 3.5 percent in the third quarter comes with a lot of asterisks. A few of them:

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Beyond Chicago: The Showdown Shifts To D.C.

By Isaiah J. Poole
October 27, 2009

Now that thousands of demonstrators confronted bankers at the "showdown in Chicago" during the American Bankers Association convention there this week, activist energy is now urgently shifting to Washington and to communities across the country.

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Progressive Breakfast: Wall Street Feels A Tremblor

By Isaiah J. Poole
October 23, 2009

The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day. Bill Scher will return Monday. more »

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Democracy Corps Probes The 'Separate World' Of Conservatism

By Isaiah J. Poole
October 19, 2009

Commentators, including our own Sara Robinson and author Neal Gabler, have observed a resurgent brand of conservatism that has taken on the characteristics of religious zealotry. more »

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