OurFuture.org Blogs: Isaiah J. Poole

On "Meet the Bloggers" Friday, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said that there is a "collapse" of the middle class and that nothing short of a revolution will be needed to reverse it.

"What we really need is a political revolution in this country," Sanders said, beginning with countering the corporate media spin on what is happening in the economy. read more »

New economic reports bolster Sen. Bernie Sanders' argument that many of the economic remedies being proposed aren't bold enough. He explains why in today's Meet the Bloggers program. read more »

Global Insight, a U.S. consulting firm, forecast this week that China would overtake the United States as the leading global manufacturer in 2009. That deserves more attention, because American workers need real answers from the next president on the policies they will espouse that will produce real jobs and boost our economy. read more »

Sam Zell, an idiosyncratic real estate magnate and the man becoming known for gutting the Tribune newspaper chain, is also about to become notorious as a tax evader — a legal tax evader, anyway — and a symbol of how rich people game the system. Does John McCain think this is OK? read more »

Wal-Mart's war against workers has reached a new low, based on information published in Friday's Wall Street Journal. read more »

If Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives go forward with a floor vote to hold ex-White House chief of staff Karl Rove in contempt of Congress, a petition drive spearheaded by Brave New Films, People for the American Way, the Campaign for America's Future and other groups says, in effect, "More than 127,000 people have got your back." read more »

The second of three annual minimum-wage increases enacted by Congress goes into effect today, raising the wage floor to $6.55 an hour. As we cheer that increase, it's important to gear up for the next fight: a permanent indexing of the minimum wage to inflation. read more »

The health insurance industry is launching a public relations and lobbying campaign today that is designed to convince people that they are on the side of reform even as they support a status-quo solution suspiciously similar to one pushed by Sen. John McCain and congressional conservatives. But a group of determined activists is making sure that people see through this smoke-and-mirrors show. read more »

Netroots Nations participants have four clear priorities for the next president: ending the war in Iraq, addressing the global warming crisis, obtaining health care for all and clsing the growing gap between the rich and poor, according to a straw poll done by Democracy Corps and the Campaign for America's Future. read more »

It’s not just the country’s energy usage that has to urgently move from fossil fuels to new, sustainable energy sources, environmental and social justice activist Van Jones told Netroots Nation participants. The progressive movement itself, he said, has to go “from diesel to solar” in mobilizing the public and political leaders to action. read more »