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Over the last 25 years — especially over the last decade — what is good for America and what is good for much of corporate America have gotten way out of sync. Our current business culture too often emphasizes only short-term corporate profits and shareholder returns — however and wherever they are generated — and in the process, what is good for America is being pushed aside. read more »

Gramm says we're a "nation of whiners" ... except for the CEOs of the financial services industry. The guys who helped caused the financial crisis. read more »

Two years ago conservatives predicted a "permanent majority" lasting "for years, maybe decades." No exit. But the hubris gods had other plans. Now the "final act" of the Reagan Revolution's glory days is being scripted, in grand Shakespearean style, not for 2008 but in 2011. read more »

The political attitudes and values of Indian American voters tend to be more progressive and Democratic than their non-Indian American counterparts, according to the first-ever focus group of likely Indian American voters conducted in Fairfax, Va. this summer by the Campaign for America’s Future. read more »

Sign the petition to support the Employee Free Choice Act, and make America work for working families again. Labor Day is here, yet working families in America are having more trouble than ever before making ends meet. Meanwhile, conservatives have undermined the rights of working Americans, and undermined the collective bargaining that once helped working Americans fight for fair and safe workplaces. The system for bargaining with employers and forming unions has been intentionally broken. The Employee Free Choice Act is a chance to fix it. read more »

If his convention speech tonight is any indication, Barack Obama has (finally) signaled that progressive economic populism is going to be the central thrust of Democrats campaign in the stretch run of the 2008 election. The speech is probably the most populist national speech Obama has given. Here are the key snippets: read more »

Former Sen. John Edwards was supposed to speak in Denver at the Democratic National Convention. His wife, Elizabeth Edwards, was to speak also. Poverty was their focus. But they are not here because John Edwards had an affair. Will the Democrats now forget about poverty? read more »

Despite the personality tiff between the Obama and Clinton people, and despite some blemishes on Democratic vice-presidential nominee Joe Biden's record, one thing is undebatable: The progressive wing of the Democratic Party—the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party, as Paul Wellstone famously called it—has finally defeated the party's corporate wing. But there's much more work to do. read more »

The reality is that the market's tilt toward unequal outcomes is now so strong that you can't just rely on a progressive tax code to counteract its effects. read more »

As the country prepares to elect the next president of the United States, pundits and politicians will certainly talk about "working families," "middle class families" and "poor families." Isn’t it time we address the needs of America’s families collectively? America’s families rise and fall together. read more »