Fact Sheets & Briefs

What Members Of Congress Say About Unemployment Benefits

By Darrell Robinson
July 15, 2010

What Members of Congress Who Support Unemployment Benefits Say


"When the economy turns down, there's a compact that we have, that there's unemployment insurance for people who, through no fault of their own, lose their jobs." more »

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Myths And Facts About China Trade and Currency Manipulation

By Mike Elk
April 6, 2010

So you want the U.S. to declare China a currency manipulator, which could lead to tariffs on goods imported from China. Won’t that spark a trade war?

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Why China's Currency Matters To American Jobs

By Isaiah J. Poole
March 24, 2010

Here are some basic facts you should know about the China currency dispute and how progressive experts say the United States should respond.

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Why We Need To Revive American Manufacturing

By Isaiah J. Poole
February 24, 2010


For more than three decades, we have been shedding factories and manufacturing jobs—as well as the suppliers, contractors, shippers, trainers, managers and other jobs that go along with them. Here are some basic facts you should know about the state of American manufacturing, as well as the outlines of a progressive approach that will create new jobs for a 21st-century economy.

ALSO Read Scott Paul on the urgent need to revitalize American manufacturing. more »

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Jobs Now: The Urgency Of The Need

By Isaiah J. Poole
February 4, 2010

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