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The Missing Link In Clean-Energy Policy

By Andrea Buffa
October 15, 2009

There was a certain irony in the U.S. decision to hold the recent G-20 meeting in Pittsburgh to show off the former steel town’s success at creating green jobs. Pittsburgh transformed itself from a polluted and declining industrial metropolis into a clean and booming green one by crafting deliberate economic development policies to support the growth of clean-energy industries. more »

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Food Security: All Investment Is Not Created Equal

By Susan Ozawa
August 17, 2009

The G8 countries committed $20 billion in aid to address global hunger and promote more productive farming in the world's poorest countries this July in L’Aquila, Italy. Major commitments came from the United States and Japan. more »

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Patricia Navadomskis
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Interests: America's Future Now, Health Care for All, New Energy, Quality Education, Real Security, Social Security, An Economy for All, Invest In America, Progressive Vision, Revitalizing Democracy, Economic Development, Smart Growth, women's issues
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The Old Lady, the Goose, and the Golden Eggs

By Gerald Taylor
From movementvisionlab.org
March 12th, 2008

movementvisionlab.org — How can Aesop's tale of the goose that laid the golden eggs guide us towards economic justice?

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America's Infrastructure Crisis: Are We Really A Developed Country?

By Steve Brant
February 21, 2008

(Originally published in The Huffington Post on August 19, 2007)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-g-brant/americas-infrastructure-_b_... more »

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Dems' Strategic Challenge

From prospect.org
December 20th, 2007

prospect.org — Here's how a Democratic president and Congress can advance the progressive policies America needs.

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Democrats Bow to Bush's Demands Again, on Spending Bill

From washingtonpost.com
December 13th, 2007

washingtonpost.com — House Democrats handed the president a victory, agreeing not only to drop their demands for $22 billion in additional spending but to also shift funds from their priorities to Bush's.

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The Roots of the Crisis

From alternet.org
December 10th, 2007

alternet.org — If lenders couldn't offset their loans to Wall Street, their practices couldn't have spiraled out of control.

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Jackson Takes on Bush Subprime Relief Plan

From washingtonpost.com
December 10th, 2007

washingtonpost.com — Jackson plans a march on Wall Street, and calls Bush administration plan "very little, very late," and says Bush "brings an umbrella when people need a tent."

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