Recovery Act Promotes Green Business
Even though the push to create green jobs is getting the lion’s share of business news headlines right now, almost $7 billion of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act, the stimulus bill President Obama signed into law earlier this year, has been allocated to help businesses reduce their environmental footprints in any number of ways.
Atlanta: Progressive Groups Diverge on Mortgage Bill, SB 57
Various notable groups within Atlanta's progressive community appear to have come to very different conclusions about SB 57, a bill currently in the State Senate which would change laws regarding mortgages in Georgia.
Put Young Workers to Work!
‘Twas the night before the unemployment reports, and all through the clearing,
Young workers slept haunted by jobs disappearing;
Having gone into debt for training and education,
Only to discover no jobs available in their vocations
The Change We Seek: The Obama Presidency At One Year
The first year of the Obama administration is almost in the books, and pundits across the political spectrum are assessing its accomplishments.
In Transition: Building the Movement Now and For the Future, an Interview with Sam Webb
What is new about the present economic crisis actually has several different sides to it. First is, what brought it about. And in this regard the financial sector and financialization played a major role in bringing the country to economic ruin.