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		<title>Tale of Two CEOs: One of Them Needs to Do Better</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2010/03/09/tale-of-two-ceos-one-of-them-needs-to-do-better/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
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Leo Hindery Jr. 

By Leo Hindery Jr.
Chairman, U.S. Economy/Smart Globalization Initiative at the New America Foundation
The Financial Times just devoted a special section of the paper to &#8220;individuals and companies who have displayed courage and vision in the aftermath of the most wrenching financial crisis since the Great Depression.&#8221; This piece of journalism &#8212; and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Tire Plant Closes, A Community Withers</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2010/03/07/a-tire-plant-closes-a-community-withers/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2010/03/07/a-tire-plant-closes-a-community-withers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Blanche Gunderson]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Harry Connick Jr.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lucy Hill]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Renee Zellweger]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Siobhan Fallon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Berry Craig
Author of “True Tales of Old-Time Kentucky Politics: Bombast, Bourbon and Burgoo”
The snow-softened rubble of the Continental General Tire plant at Mayfield, Ky., reminds me of a scene in “New in Town.” We rented the movie from a video store the other night.
Lucy Hill, played by Renee Zellweger, is a high-powered corporate executive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Both Sides Agree: Address Jobs Now and Deficits Later</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2010/02/28/both-sides-agree-address-jobs-now-and-deficits-later/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2010/02/28/both-sides-agree-address-jobs-now-and-deficits-later/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:16:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[David Walker]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lawrence Mishel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Lawrence Mishel
President, Economic Policy Institute
Earlier this week I testified before Congressman Barney Frank&#8217;s committee on the need to do more &#8212; much more &#8212; to create jobs. The unfortunate but unavoidable fact, I told the Committee, is that the private sector won&#8217;t create jobs in sufficient numbers anytime soon to put a dent in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Glenn Beck Auditions for Joe McCarthy&#8217;s Job</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2010/02/26/glenn-beck-auditions-for-joe-mccarthy%e2%80%99s-job/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2010/02/26/glenn-beck-auditions-for-joe-mccarthy%e2%80%99s-job/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:29:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Les Leopold
Author, “The Looting of America”
&#8220;They are frequently led by political neophytes who prize independence and tell strikingly similar stories of having been awakened by the recession. Their families upended by lost jobs, foreclosed homes and depleted retirement funds, they said they wanted to know why it happened and whom to blame.&#8221; ~ David [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Trade Policy as Great as the American People</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2010/02/14/a-trade-policy-as-great-as-the-american-people/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2010/02/14/a-trade-policy-as-great-as-the-american-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ By Gilbert B. Kaplan
Former Deputy Assistant and Acting Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce
Most Americans think we are giving it away for free when it comes to trade, and in many respects they are right.
The last decade has not been a good one for the United States in the international trade arena. We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Under Obama, Labor Should Have Made More Progress</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2010/02/12/under-obama-labor-should-have-made-more-progress/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2010/02/12/under-obama-labor-should-have-made-more-progress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[


Harold Meyerson 

By Harold Meyerson
Editor-at-Large of The American Prospect
For American labor, year one of Barack Obama&#8217;s presidency has been close to an unmitigated disaster.
Labor&#8217;s primary priority &#8212; the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) &#8212; died when the Democrats lost their 60-vote majority in the Senate. Labor&#8217;s normal priority &#8212; a functioning National Labor Relations Board [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Tea Party: Economic Populists or Wall Street Toadies?</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2010/02/03/the-tea-party-economic-populists-or-wall-street-toadies/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2010/02/03/the-tea-party-economic-populists-or-wall-street-toadies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[David Brooks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Les Leopold
Author, “The Looting of America”

Who Cares?
We all should. The Tea Party is not a fake. It&#8217;s not just a creation of Fox News and Dick Armey&#8217;s Astroturfing operation. It&#8217;s a genuine expression of populist anger that is driving our politics from below. There&#8217;s a reason it is polling higher than either of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For Women, What a Difference a Year Almost Made</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2010/02/02/for-women-what-a-difference-a-year-almost-made/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2010/02/02/for-women-what-a-difference-a-year-almost-made/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[AAUW]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[

 
 
 
By Lilly Ledbetter
A tireless worker for fair pay
And
Linda D. Hallman, CAE
Executive Director of AAUW  
 
 A year ago, on January 29, 2009, a new president signed his first piece of legislation into law. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act restored workers&#8217; rights to challenge illegal wage discrimination in the federal courts.
It was a proud moment, but we&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shadow-Boxing With the CEOs: Day One at the Financial Crisis Inquiry Hearings</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2010/01/15/shadow-boxing-with-the-ceos-day-one-at-the-financial-crisis-inquiry-hearings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:03:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[


Les Leopold

By Les Leopold
Author, “The Looting of America”
The heads of Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, and Bank of America came to testify and said&#8230; just about nothing.
Yes, they made mistakes. But gee, they had learned a great deal and they certainly didn&#8217;t cause the crash. They promised they are managing risk better, even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Employer Health Costs Do Not Drive Wage Trends</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2010/01/14/employer-health-costs-do-not-drive-wage-trends/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2010/01/14/employer-health-costs-do-not-drive-wage-trends/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ By Lawrence Mishel
President, Economic Policy Institute
Financing health care reform will be a prime subject of discussion among the Senate and House conferees, specifically how much the financing relies on a tax on high-cost health plans. Supporters of this tax label these “Cadillac” health plans and make the assumption that they provide comprehensive (even lavish) coverage [...]]]></description>
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