The movement for workers' rights in Wisconsin is the leading edge of a movement to revive the American dream of broad prosperity and to reverse conservative "shock doctrine" policies. Here's how we view the Wisconsin movement and its connection to the broader movement for progressive change.
We've brought together basic facts and charts to help you take on some of the Orwellian, "ignorance is strength" falsehoods used by conservative leaders to control the economic debate.
To listen to what's coming out of Washington, D.C., these days is to realize that our elected officials are completely ignoring a deficit that threatens to devastate the American economy, and the lives of millions of Americans. No, not that deficit. I'm talking about an appalling deficit of ideas about how to create jobs and return our economy to one that works for all of us, not just 1% of us.
Fortunately, that dearth of ideas is limited to D.C. Rebuild the Dream is creating a Contract for the American Dream, and is asking Americans for ideas. At the moment, there are over 12,000 ideas about how to: create good jobs and invest in a sustainable future; stop corporations and the rich from dodging taxes; strengthen communities by ensuring good health care, quality education, a clean environment, and a retirement with dignity for all.
We're supporting the Speakout For Good Jobs Now tour and the Rebuild the Dream movement. Both efforts seek to change the conversation from one about deficits to one that focuses first on putting people back to work. more »
You've heard all about the GOP's plans to destroy Medicare as we know it, but you've probably head less about their equally destructive plans for Medicaid. That's dangerous.
Medicaid is just as important as Medicare — not just for the poor, but the middle- and working-classes too. The Republican plan to gut Medicaid will have a devastating effect upon millions of Americans.
Forewarned is forearmed. Here's what you need to know about Medicaid and the Republican budget.
When white America catches a cold, the saying goes, black America gets pneumonia. Or in this case, when white America has a recession, black America gets a depression. It was true in the Great Depression, and it's no less true in the "Great Recession."
It seems counter-intuitive that, with the first black president in office, African Americans would be worse off economically. But, as has been made clear over and over again, the election of Barack Obama was not a curative for the nation's racial ills, or for the economic pre-existing conditions that have turned white America's recession into black America's depression.
We've brought together basic facts and charts to help you take on some of the Orwellian, "ignorance is strength" falsehoods used by conservative leaders to control the economic debate.
We're supporting the Speakout For Good Jobs Now tour and the Rebuild the Dream movement. Both efforts seek to change the conversation from one about deficits to one that focuses first on putting people back to work. 
