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This Lake Research Partners poll, sponsored by Change to Win, shows that the American Dream remains a powerful driving force among the working middle class.

The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) is a voluntary federation of 55 national and international labor unions. Since its founding, the AFL-CIO and its affiliate unions have been the single most effective force in America for enabling working people to build better lives and futures for our families.

This AFL-CIO webpage links to a variety of resources on international trade.

CAF's Robert Borosage explains the economic conditions and conservative philosophy that led to the financial crisis.

The Brookings Institution published a thoughtful analysis of the problem and possible solutions.

This 2008 study demonstrates the economic stress felt by working families using state-by-state data on jobs, housing, health care, and household costs.

Census Bureau provides detail about America's $700 billion per year trade deficit.

CAP offers a wide range of papers laying out a global trade agenda.

The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) was established in 1999 to promote democratic debate on the most important economic and social issues that affect people's lives. CEPR is committed to presenting issues in an accurate and understandable manner, so that the public is better prepared to choose among the various policy options.

CWI, based at Columbia University, provides a wide range of academic research on issues of wealth and inequality.

Seven unions and six million workers united in Change to Win in 2005 to build a new movement of working people equipped to meet the challenges of the global economy and restore the American Dream in the 21st century: a paycheck that can support a family, affordable health care, a secure retirement and dignity on the job.

The Citizens Trade Campaign (CTC) is a national coalition of environmental, labor, consumer, family farm, religious, and other civil society groups founded in 1992 during the fight over the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). They are united in a common belief that international trade and investment are not ends unto themselves, but instead must be viewed as a means for achieving other societal goals such as economic justice, human rights, healthy communities, and a sound environment.

CTC is a coalition that works to enact more progressive treaties, laws, and rules for the global economy.

CBO's mandate is to provide the Congress with objective, nonpartisan, and timely analyses to aid in economic and budgetary decisions on the wide array of programs covered by the federal budget, and the information and estimates required for the congressional budget process.

The organization Demos publishes a variety of reports on consumer debt, asset development, and strengthening the middle class.

The policy organization Demos provides an in-depth report on the housing crisis and steps to prevent the next meltdown.

The New York-based Drum Major Institute provides facts about bad mortgages and analyses some solutions.

EPI offers a series of reports on trade, the loss of manufacturing jobs, and how to deal with the global economy.

While we recognize the urgency of the crisis and the need for quick action, we do not believe that it requires acceding to every aspect of the Bush administration's plan—and we are relieved to see that some key members of Congress agree. These times call for bipartisan negotiations that protect the taxpayer, offset the government’s expense, and re-regulate markets to reduce the distortions that gave rise to this unfortunate situation in the first place.

The Forum's mission is to support public officials engaged in global trade debates. Forum participants work to ensure that U.S. trade policies are consistent with, and deferential to, the principles of federalism as enshrined in the constitution.

Reports demonstrate that the need for increased regulation became clear as early as 2004.

Global Trade Watch is a project of Public Citizen which challenges corporate globalization.

In These Times is dedicated to informing and analyzing popular movements for social, environmental and economic justice; to providing a forum for discussing the politics that shape our lives; and to producing a magazine that is read by the broadest and most diverse audience possible.

IATP works with organizations around the world to analyze how global trade agreements impact domestic farm and food policies. Alongside a global coalition, IATP advocates for fair trade policies that promote strong health standards, labor and human rights, the environment and, most fundamentally, democratic institutions.

Paul Krugman argues that the Paulson plan is the wrong prescription and urges Congress to take a deep breath.

Established in 1998, PERI is an independent unit of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, with close ties to the Department of Economics. PERI staff frequently work collaboratively with faculty members and graduate students from the University of Massachusetts, and other economists from around the world. It promotes human and ecological well-being through original research. "Our approach is to translate what we learn into workable policy proposals that are capable of improving life on our planet today and in the future."

Progressive States Network aims to transform the political landscape by sparking progressive actions at the state level. Founded in 2005, the group provides coordinated research and strategic advocacy tools to state legislators and their staffs, empowering these decision-makers with everything they need to engineer forward-thinking change.

Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch promotes democracy by challenging corporate globalization, arguing that the current globalization model is neither a random inevitability nor "free trade."

Robert Reich recommends that Congress insist on five conditions before agreeing to any bailout.

The stage is set for an epic game of chicken, Kuttner says. Will progressives in Congress back down?

This major project supports the development of new rules and tools to increase economic security within the U.S. workforce, particularly among poor and vulnerable workers.

The Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis is the economic policy research arm of the New School for Social Research Department of Economics. The activities of the Schwartz Center focus on three issues: economic growth, employment, and inequality. Our focus is on the U.S. economy, but always with an awareness of the global context of U.S. economic developments.

Since 1892, the Sierra Club has been working to protect communities, wild places, and the planet itself and is the oldest, largest, and most influential grassroots environmental organization in the United States.

The Economic Policy Insititute's annual statistical study contains a wealth of information about trade.

The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, founded in 1986 through the generous support of Bard College trustee Leon Levy, is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, public policy research organization. The Levy Institute is independent of any political or other affiliation, and encourages diversity of opinion in the examination of economic policy issues while striving to transform ideological arguments into informed debate.

The Nation makes an earnest effort to bring to the discussion of political and social questions a really critical spirit, and to wage war upon the vices of violence, exaggeration, and misrepresentation by which so much of the political writing of the day is marred.

The United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union (United Steelworkers or USW) is the largest industrial labor union in North America, and claims over 1.2 million active and retired workers amongst its ranks.

WashTech/CWA is an innovative and influential union whose members advocate for all technology workers in Washington State and beyond.
They are a visionary community of activists and a leading voice for our members in the global economy and help build economic security and fair working conditions through collective action, bargaining and legislative advocacy.