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• CAP: Postpone Gitmo Close, Send Leftovers to Bagram

  
  The Washington Independent — Authority: 781
  The influential Center for American Progress, which has close ties to the Obama administration , is now calling on President Obama to push back the closing of the Guantanamo Bay detention center to July . That’s despite the president’s day-two directive to close the notorious prison by January. Closure has ...
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• Citigroup Executive Pulls Out of Sham ACORN Panel Under Pressure

  
  CRC Blog — Authority: 548
  Citigroup executive Eric Eve (pictured below) has resigned from ACORN’s phony, allegedly independent panel, a move that removes one of the few people on the panel who could even remotely claim to actually be independent. If you read between the lines, it also seems to mean Citigroup agrees the panel is a sham. ...
  1 day ago

• CAP, Chamber of Commerce, Rick Hess team up to Bash Public Schools

  
  Schools Matter — Authority: 525
  From a new report produced by the Center for American Progress, the US Chamber of Commerce, and AEIs Rick Hess: Twenty-five years ago, when the National Commission on Excellence in Education released A Nation At Risk, overhauling our countrys schools became a national priority. In the intervening years, some ...
  2 days ago

• Youth Service is a Powerful Strategy for Youth Employment

  
  The New Service — Authority: 122
  Reports from the US and many other regions in the world continue to show that young people are bearing the brunt of the recession. In the US, the Center for American Progress reports that minority workers, teens and less-educated workers have unemployment rates far above the national average. The latest available ...
  2 days ago

• Kucinich: Why I Voted NO

  
  Clarksville, TN Online — Authority: 546
  Congressman Dennis Kucinich Washington D.C. – After voting against H.R. 3962 – Affordable Health Care for America Act, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today made the following statement: “We have been led to believe that we must make our health care choices only within the current structure of a predatory, ...
  3 days ago

• Citigroup Executive Pulls Out of Sham ACORN Audit Under Pressure

  
  Big Government — Authority: 798
  Citigroup executive Eric Eve (pictured below) has resigned from ACORN’s phony, allegedly independent panel of inquiry, a move that removes one of the few people on the panel who could even remotely claim to actually be independent. If you read between the lines, it also seems to mean Citigroup agrees the panel is ...
  5 days ago

• Biden: Strong Unions Needed to Build Middle Class

  
  AFL-CIO NOW BLOG — Authority: 657
  The nation cannot rebuild its middle class without strong unions, Vice President Joe Biden said today. Biden said he and President Obama believe it is impossible to grow the middle class without growing unions. Biden, who chairs the White House Task Force on Middle Class Families, met with a panel of  scholars ...
  6 days ago

• The Center for American Progress Takes Up the Cause for Singles

  
  Singletude: A Positive Blog for Singles — Authority: 114
  So, dear readers, did you lose sleep last night pondering the mystery links that failed to appear yesterday while my Internet service was behaving badly? No? Surely you jest!Did you at least work up a mild curiosity then? I guess that will have to do! ;) As you may know, Singletude has a policy of not linking to ...
  6 days ago

• Think Progress Writes: Biden Hosts Panel On Middle Class Families At The Center For American Progress

  
  Delaware Way — Authority: 144
  Vice President Biden is at the Center for American Progress today to host a panel of leading scholars on the unique challenges facing Americas middle class in the 21st century economy. View the live webcast here from 10:30 a.m. -- 12:00 p.m. White House Task Force on Middle Class Families . ...
  6 days ago

• If You Like FCC Diversity Czar Mark Lloyd and Van Jones, Youll Love Free Press Co-Founder McChesney

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 163
  We wrote Monday of Leftist, George Soros-funded "media reform" outfit Free Press, and their extensive relationships with people currently in power at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and in the White House - up to and including President Barack Obama. With current FCC Chief Diversity Officer ("Diversity ...
  6 days ago

• Join Biden in Live Webcast on the Economy and the Middle Class Today

  
  AFL-CIO NOW BLOG — Authority: 657
  Click here at 10:30 a.m. EST to join Vice President Joe Biden as he hosts a live webcast with a panel of leading scholars to discuss the unique challenges facing America’s middle class in the 21st century economy. This special Center for American Progress ( CAP ) and Economic Policy Institute ( EPI ) event will ...
  6 days ago

• Groups Push U.S. and China on Carbon Capture and Storage Technology

  
  Green Inc. — Authority: 745
  Three prominent American research organizations that are pushing for greater cooperation between the U.S. and China on developing carbon capture technology and the creation of a market for carbon.
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• Workplaces, Laws Fail to Keep up with Growing Role of Women Workers

  
  AFL-CIO NOW BLOG — Authority: 657
        For the first time in our nation’s history, working women make up nearly half of all U.S. workers, and mothers are the primary breadwinners or co-breadwinners in nearly two-thirds of American families. This dramatic shift from just a generation ago marks a permanent cultural change, yet most ...
  2 weeks ago

• Of Albertas Oil Sands and Harmonizing Canadian and U.S. Climate Policy

  
  Green Inc. — Authority: 745
  In the run-up to Decembers global climate change meeting in Copenhagen, fissures are emerging between Canada and the United States over how to deal with the internationally contentious issue of Albertas vast oil sands projects.
  2 weeks ago

• Think Tanks: The New Power Players in Washington

  
  Pajamas Media — Authority: 780
  Liberals are turning a network of academic research organizations into powerful, well-connected lobbying groups.
  2 weeks ago

• Who has government-run health care, and who could use it?

  
  Audacity — Authority: 413
  Get a WidgetTo add a widget that counts uninsured Americans for your own blog or Web site, click the “Get & Share” button below the widget. Because WordPress takes exception to certain scripts, this is a screen capture, not the actual widget… just go here. I know, it’s “kinda lame.” I’ve tried ...
  2 weeks ago

• This Morning On The Stephanie Miller Show

  
  AM 1090's Weblog — Authority: 429
  Christian Weller , Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress , calls in at 6:30am to talk about the economy and the progress it’s making. Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) calls in at 7:05am to talk about health care reform and the economy. Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA) calls in at 8:05am to talk about health care ...
  2 weeks ago

• Maria Shriver talks women and the nation

  
  L.A. Story — Authority: 122
  When I was on a conference call with Maria Shriver on Monday (and yes, Ive been dying to lead with that since the phone call), I was struck not only by her determination and ambitious scope but also by her absolute dedication to the idea that if you have a voice, you should use it. Which is exactly what shes doing ...
  3 weeks ago

• Glenn Beck feigns outrage at Anita Dunn’s attacks

  
  Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias — Authority: 532
  October 20, 2009Disclaimer: I did not vote for or against any candidate and I don’t watch FOX NEWS.This (10-12) video of Glenn Beck is hysterical. He talks about barry’s minions’ assault on FOX NEWS with top attack dog (Anita Dunn)’s head in the lower right corner of the screen ‘White House Watchdog”.Yo, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Fraud, Embezzlement, and Cover-Ups: A Brief History of ACORN

  
  Big Government — Authority: 798
  In the wake of a series of embarrassing hidden-camera exposes and mounting congressional pressure to cut off its federal funding, Bertha Lewis, CEO of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now announced that ACORN will seek independent review.  However, the ACORN review which followed the million ...
  3 weeks ago

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