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Dude, Where’s My Industrial Policy? by Dave Johnson, OurFuture.org | July 23, 2009
Face it: If we do not have an active and engaged industrial policy we are handing the business over to those who do. And they do. And we are. Meanwhile there are interests who benefit from this (lack of) policy and fight to keep it as it is. Where is your voice in this? read more »GE Moves Green Jobs To China by Mike Elk, OurFuture.org | July 23, 2009
Building a green economy could help rebuild the American Economy. However, not if all those jobs are located in China. China is currently selling solar panels below production costs Companies like GE are moving american jobs making windmills to China to take advantage of lax environmental standards. » Mike Elk, GE Moves Green Jobs To China » The Economist, Selling the Sun read more »American Protectionism is a Myth by Leo Gerard, OurFuture.org | July 22, 2009
A post by Leo Gerard and Scott N. Paul Our nation faces rising unemployment, staggering debts, shrinking trade, and no sense of when (and if) a real recovery -- one that reaches Main Street and working families -- will take hold. read more »Making It In America by Robert Borosage , OurFuture.org | July 22, 2009
Washington's special genius is for gridlock. As we're seeing in the health care debate, the entire system is designed to frustrate action — even when Democrats have a popular president, 60 votes in the Senate and a large majority in the House. Moneyed interests trump party loyalty. Partisan politics trumps national purpose. Congressional rules and egos favor dithering and delay. read more »Skip Gates and the Post-Racial Project by Melissa Harris-Lacewell , The Nation | July 22, 2009
In a moment of overzealous policing a young officer in Cambridge, MA, managed to handcuff and detain the living embodiment of post-racial possibility. I like and respect Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Our personal connection is not why I was so devastated to see his mug shot or images of him handcuffed on his front porch. I was not even distressed because of class implications that reasoned, "If this can happen to a Harvard professor then no one is safe." My distress is squarely rooted in feeling that I watched the police handcuff American possibility. read more »What's Wrong with Wall Street by Karen Ho and Barbara Kiviat, time.com | July 22, 2009
Wall Street shapes not just the stock market but also the very nature of employment and what kinds of workers are valued. The kind of worker they imagine is a worker like themselves. A worker who is constantly retraining, a worker who is constantly networked, a worker whose skill set is very interchangeable, a worker who thinks of downsizing as a challenge and always lands on his feet — a worker who thrives on this. But in many ways that's quite removed from the daily lives of most American workers. Job insecurity isn't the same thing for the average American worker. They often experience downward mobility or don't land on their feet. read more »
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The sweatshop price of Apple’s huge success, Marketwatch | February 3, 2012
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The Troubled Assets Relief Program, which was widely reviled as a $700 billion bailout for Wall Street titans, is now expected to cost the federal government a mere $25 billion - the equivalent of less than six months of emergency jobless benefits. more »
If GOP wins, Expect More Obstruction, The Washington Post | October 19, 2010
I'm cautious about the conventional wisdom that the Democratic Party is about to get flattened by a Republican steamroller. Pollsters are less certain than they'd like you to believe about who's a "likely voter" and who isn't. more »
Banks Restart Foreclosures, The Wall Street Journal | October 19, 2010
Bank of America Corp. reopened more than 100,000 foreclosure actions, declaring that it had found no significant problems in its procedures for seizing homes. GMAC Mortgage, a lender and loan servicer, said that it also is pushing ahead with an unspecified number of foreclosures that came under intense pressure.
Geithner Weak Dollar Seen as U.S. Recovery Route Versus BRICs, bloomberg.com | October 19, 2010
Gridlock Sam: The Tea Party’s Bridge to Beyond Nowhere, pbs.org | October 19, 2010
The Tea Party has captured the imagination and spirit of many Americans and may very well turn that into a powerful voting bloc come November. But, that bloc may not have a leg or girder to stand on as our nation’s infrastructure continues to crumble. more »
Administration Assures Pelosi on Restoration of Renewables Aid, thehill.com | August 11, 2010
The Obama administration has “assured” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) that $3.5 billion in renewable energy loan guarantees diverted for other policy priorities will be restored this year. more »
S. Carolina Takes Stimulus Money, The New York Times | August 11, 2010
State Aid Bill Breezes Into Law, dyn.politico.com | August 11, 2010
Included is $10 billion to preserve teaching jobs in the new school year, and $16.1 billion to help states cover their Medicaid payments for the first six months of 2011. more »
$26-Billion Aid Package for States Becomes Law, Los Angeles Times | August 11, 2010
