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Fewer Americans now than at any time in the past half century believe they're moving forward in life. more »

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Pew Research Center, "Inside the Middle Class: Bad Times Hit the Good Life." April 9, 2008

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Bringing the White Working Class Into the Progressive Majority

By Robert Borosage
April 10, 2008

The heart of the Roosevelt coalition in the 1930s became the.heart of the conservative coalition that dominated our politics over the last 30 years. Progressives now have to make the case to these voters that government can work.

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Consumer views of economy at 14-yr low

From reuters.com
April 9th, 2008

reuters.com — American consumer confidence slipped in the latest week as views on the U.S. economy hit a 14-year low, a report showed on Tuesday.

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A poll released Monday by Rasmussen Reports found that 63% of Americans believe the U.S. government isn't doing enough to help out the economy, while 19% believe the government's response has been adequate this election year. more »

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Robert Schroeder. Government Not Doing Enough on Economy: Poll; Mostly Democrats say Government Response Inadequate. Market Watch

Hunger Pains

From washingtonpost.com
April 8th, 2008

washingtonpost.com — The economic downturn and rising prices are forcing many families to turn to charities for groceries, putting additional pressure on food banks that were already struggling to keep their shelves stocked.

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Economy Goes Down--Families Go Hungry

Submitted by Alex Carter
April 8, 2008

Nationwide, requests for food assistance in the past year are up 30 percent.

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Kirstin Downey. "Hunger Pains." 8 April 2008. The Washington Post.
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The Big Brokers Blew It. They Should Bear the Cost.

By William D. Cohan
From washingtonpost.com
April 6th, 2008

washingtonpost.com — Once upon a time on Wall Street, in the days when investment banks were small private partnerships, a simple but ingenious idea kept bankers and traders accountable for their actions: the collective-liability clauses in their partnership agreements. A mistaken trade here or bad advice there, and all the partners suffered.

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A Brighter Spotlight, Yet The Pay Rises

From nytimes.com
April 6th, 2008

nytimes.com — Shareholders were mad about excessive compensation last year, when the economy was booming. This year, governance experts say, they are livid. “They are furious about the dichotomy of experiences — their shares fall, yet C.E.O. pay still rises,” said Paul Hodgson, a senior research associate at the Corporate Library, a governance research group.

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King's Challenge: Racial Equality With Economic Justice

Martin-Luther-King.jpgForty years after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., our blog team and progressive allies are reminding the nation of the full extent of his vision. King sought to push the limits of the national debate on economic justice as well as race—and, now more than ever, so must we.
 

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• Terrance Heath: "Exhausting Race"
• Jeff Cohen: "King's Voice Still Silenced"
• E.J. Dionne: "Forty Years On"
• Isaiah J. Poole: "Still Far from the Mountaintop"
 

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• Rev. Jesse Jackson, Roger Wilkins and Taylor Branch: "Lessons of King and the Civil Rights Movement"

U.S.A. 2008: the Great Depression

From independent.co.uk
April 3rd, 2008

independent.co.uk — Dismal projections by the Congressional Budget Office in Washington suggest that in the fiscal year starting in October, 28 million people in the US will be using government food stamps to buy essential groceries, the highest level since the food assistance programme was introduced in the 1960s.

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