If Congress doesn’t extend the unemployment insurance program at the end of the year, two million people would be cut off. Continue reading
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December 7, 2012 | News & Notes
Missed deadlines and Congressional hearings put more speed bumps in the road to implementation for the Volcker Rule.
December 3, 2012 | News & Notes
The Nation's Greg Kaufmann writes that a program of fighting homelessness by providing homes costs less then many alternatives and may be more effective.
December 2, 2012 | News & Notes
The Nation‘s Greg Kaufmann reports that, as the weather grows colder and the fiscal cliff approaches, Americans living in affordable housing are worried about how the budget negotiations in Congress will affect them. Continue reading
December 1, 2012
A new study shows that recommendations from the pro-corporate organization have a negative impact on state economies.
November 30, 2012 | Q&A
Ai-jen Poo describes her efforts to provide basic protections for nannies, housekeepers, home health aides, and others whose work “makes all other work possible.” Continue reading
November 29, 2012 | News & Notes
The Obama team has asked Americans to tweet their support for extending middle class tax cuts in the fiscal cliff negotiations. Continue reading
November 26, 2012 | Money & Politics
In this Moyers Moment from 2007, political theorist Benjamin Barber describes the holiday tradition of getting consumers to buy things they don’t want or need. Continue reading
November 26, 2012 | Connecting the Dots
how some politicians, financial institutions and the people there are responding in ways many Americans would like to see more often here at home. Continue reading
November 19, 2012 | News & Notes
A group of Occupy activists are raising money to purchase distressed debt and cancel it in a new initiative called the Rolling Jubilee.
