01/27/2012
What a Fair Shot at Success Means Posted by Matt Compton on December 6, 2011 at 6:47 PM EST In the state where his mother was born, President Obama made an argument about laying a new foundation for broad-based prosperity in America. “It starts,” he said, “with making sure that everyone has a fair… [Read more…]
January 27, 2012
Last September, millions of you joined us for 24 Hours of Reality, when we connected the dots between the reality of the climate crisis and the extreme weather events happening with greater frequency all over the world. Together, we saw that most of us don’t need to travel far to see the impacts of climate… [Read more…]
January 27, 2012
Slavery in Americais a horrifying part of our nation’s history–there’s no arguing with that. Even the painful parts of our history are important, though, because we can learn how to prevent the same mistakes.But now the Tennessee Tea Party is trying to erase all mentions of slavery from the state’s history books. »According to the… [Read more…]
January 27, 2012
Top News Food Labeling Confusion Weighs Heavily on Minds of Global Consumers According to a new Nielsen study on food labeling and healthy eating, 59 percent of consumers around the world have difficulty understanding nutritional labels on food packaging and more than half (53%) consider themselves overweight.(full story) Year in Sports Advertising: TV Ad… [Read more…]
January 27, 2012
Here are today’s news items from Media Matters for America, click on the title or ‘read more’ to read the entirety of each story. STUDY: The Press And The Pipeline A Media Matters analysis shows that as a whole, news coverage of the Keystone XL pipeline between August 1 and December 31 favored pipeline proponents.… [Read more…]
January 27, 2012
How To Explain Taxes And The Budget To Non-Economists The Easiest Way To Reduce The Deficit By $7 Trillion In 10 Years Elizabeth Warren: ‘It Gets Better’
January 27, 2012
Get the word out about tax credits for families! Spread the word about tax credits by downloading free materials. In a time of instability and incredible economic pressures, tax credits… [Read more…]
January 27, 2012
Newt Gingrich is Telling the Truth By ThinkProgress War Room on Jan 26, 2012 at 4:59 pm Newt Attacks Romney for Profiting Off Florida Foreclosures This morning, Newt launched a new broadside against Mitt Romney, attacking him for personally profiting, via a Goldman Sachs investment, off mortgage lenders responsible for thousands of foreclosures in Florida.… [Read more…]
January 27, 2012
Just another rant … Ten months into President Obama taking office I watched heard and read several comments about President Obama. Reports of folks feeling the President, having taken a great first step toward change just had not gone far enough to sedate or fulfill the promises he made to special interest groups during his… [Read more…]
January 27, 2012
Cost Estimate for H.R. 3289, Platts-Van Hollen Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2011 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on November 3, 2011 Cost Estimate for H.R. 1864, Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2011 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported… [Read more…]
January 27, 2012
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