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“In America, We Are Greater Together”

From WhiteHouse.gov

More than a century after Teddy Roosevelt outlined a vision for a “New Nationalism” in a Kansas town called Osawatomie, President Obama visited the same community to talk about what he called a make-or-break moment of the middle class.

He described how the world has undergone an economic transformation unlike any other in our collective history — and how that change has upended our expectations of social mobility in this country. Where professionals ranging from factory workers

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The Story of Broke

COMING NOVEMBER 8th, 2011: The Story of Broke
The United States isn’t broke; we’re the richest country on the planet and a country in which the richest among us are doing exceptionally well. But the truth is, our economy is broken, producing more pollution, greenhouse gasses and garbage than any other country. In these and so many other ways, it just isn’t working. But rather than invest in something better, we continue to keep this ‘dinosaur economy’ on

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The Big Problems We Face

In this video, Annabel Park from Coffee Party USA addresses some of the big issues facing America.
Check it out.

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“The Life Of Our Democracy Is On The Line”

“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”

But progress over the past thirty years towards a more perfect Union has been slowed and in some cases, even reversed by a powerful trend: the rise ofRead More

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Gene Sperling in as Director of the NEC

It’s official – Obama has replaced Larry Summers with Gene Sperling as Director of the National Economic Council.  Sperling served in the same position under Clinton from 1996 to 2000, where he got plenty of experience dealing with a Republican congress.

In my personal opinion, this is great.  The Director of the NEC is the top Economic advisory position to the President, and it’s responsible for interpreting all the information coming from elsewhere in the administration.

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A Vigil for Jobs

From the National Organization for Women:

When: Dec. 3, 2010 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Where: Outside U.S. Senator Schumer’s office, 757 Third Avenue (betw. 47-48 Sts.)
Contact: Noreen Connell, norconnell@aol.com or 212-586-3257

To mark the First Friday of the month release of Bureau of Labor Statistics unemployment data, the National Jobs for All Coalition will be joined by civil rights, community, labor, and religious groups in a “Vigil for Jobs” in front of U.S.

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