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Maryland Unveils the Mikulski Express

Gov. Martin O'Malley | Posted 06.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Governor Martin O'Malley, Public Transit, Infrastructure, Sustainability, Barbara Mikulski, Maryland, Transportation, Politics News
Gov. Martin O'Malley

Starting tonight, Sen. Barbara Mikulski can make her daily commute home from Washington to Baltimore on a locomotive that bears her name: the Senator Barb "Go Green" Express.

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Building Your Business From the Ground Up or Licensing Your Idea: Which Is Right for You?

Lynda Resnick | Posted 05.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Quality Control, Infrastructure, Smaill Business, Profits, Ground Up Infrastructure, Branding, Marketing, Licensing, Business, Business News
Lynda Resnick

To license, or not to license? Neither option is universally right or wrong. It all depends on which option is the best fit for you.

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To Build a Bridge

Linda P. Fried | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Healthcare-System, Obama Healthcare, Infrastructure, DOHMH, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygene, Obama Healthcare Plan, Obama-Health-Care, EHR, Community-Based Health Care, Immunization, Electronic Health Record, Obama-Health-Care-Reform, Healthcare Bridge, Politics News
Linda P. Fried

We need to create the infrastructure for a new kind of health system: one that brings clinic and community together.

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Counting the Cost of Good and Bad Debt

Jim Wallis | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: President, President Obama, Pay, War, Wage, Media, Employment, Government Spending, Debt, Peace, Conservative, Environment, Government, Infrastructure, Dollar, Tax Cut, Loans, Tax Cuts, Homeless, Health Care, Cost of War, Greed, Irs, Money, Veterans, Budget, Education, Trillion, Biblical, Health, Rich, Healthcare, Spending, Bible, Budget Surplus, Military, Credit Card, Conservative Ideology, Bush Presidency, Proposed Budget, President Clinton, Economy, Luke, Politics News
Jim Wallis

While watching President Obama's press conference Tuesday evening, I was struck by a few things that are often forgotten in the criticism of his proposed budget.

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The American Way of War

The Real News | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Military Industrial Complex, The-American-Way-of-War, Super-Power, Solutions, Afghanistan, 911, George W. Bush, President Obama, Crises, The Real News, Realism, Infrastructure, Education, Eugene Jarecki, Military, Dwight Eisenhower, Defense, Paul Jay, Over-Confidence, Iraq, Health Care, Police-Action, Politics News
The Real News

The American Way of War is Eugene Jarecki's latest book. Jarecki is an award-winning dramatic and documentary filmmaker whose previous film Why We Fig...

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What A New Deal-Era Movie Could Teach President Obama

James Pinkerton | Posted 04.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Infrastructure, Economic Stimulus Package, New Deal, The Tunnel, Economy, Economic Crisis, Obama Administration, Great Depression, Politics News
James Pinkerton

If Obama can't find forward-looking, forward-moving creators to serve in his administration, his would-be Second New Deal risks dissolving into debt, deficits, frustration, and inflation.

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American Idle

B. Jeffrey Madoff | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Infrastructure, Subprime Mortgages, Unemployment, Economic Stimulus Package, Madoff, Education, Environment, Obama, Republicans, Healthcare, Democrats, Politics News
B. Jeffrey Madoff

From the levees of Louisiana, to highways, bridges and our broadband capability, the infrastructure of America needs serious work. We have become the 1000-pound man trapped in his own house.

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Enough Already About the Jobs the Rich Create

Charles Alexander | Posted 04.02.2009 | Business

Read More: George Bush, Energy, Taxes, Economy, President Obama, Supply Siders, Science, Business, Rich, Suv, Government, Cnbc, Infrastructure, Education, Tv, Bernard Madoff, Video Games, Class Warfare, Business News
Charles Alexander

Thank goodness that the trickle-down economy collapsed from its own incompetence and corruption, and American people elected Barack Obama to rebuild a society we can be proud of.

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Obama Budget Has $5 Billion For Infrastructure Bank

Reuters | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Infrastructure Bank, Obama Infrastructure, Infrastructure, Obama Budget Priorities, Obama Budget, Politics News

U.S. President Barack Obama called for the creation of a National Infrastructure Bank in his budget released on Thursday, saying it would "expand and ...

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Healthier, Wealthier and Wiser: The Case for Creating Green Schools Now

Matt Petersen | Posted 03.08.2009 | Green

Read More: New Orleans, Los Angeles Unified School District, Green, The Oscars, Music, Infrastructure, Salma Hayek, Edward Norton, Hurricane Katrina, HuffPost Inauguration Ball, Leonardo Dicaprio, Huffington Post, Green Buildings, Celebrities, Gavin Rossdale, California, Toxic, Green Building, Environmentalism, Green Rebuilding, Green Living, Los Angeles, Parties, Rebuilding New Orleans, Sheryl Crow, Toxic Chemicals, Oscar Parties, Education, Health, Environment, Oscars, Schools, Children's Health, Hollywood, Green News
Matt Petersen

As the Congress deliberates the largest stimulus package in history, there is no single better investment that we can make than to help maximize the potential learning and productivity of our children.

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Stimulating

John Graham | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, Investments, Bridges, Democrats, Stimulus, Barack Obama, Infrastructure, Highways, Finance, Stimulus Package, John Kerry, Economic Stimulus, Schools, Brookings Institution, Republican Party, Republicans, Politics News
John Graham

Congress should follow the President's lead in creating a stimulus package that is a combination of short-term measures and longer-term infrastructure investments.

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Peaceful Revolution: Investing in Our Human Infrastructure

Riane Eisler | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Women's Rights, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Green Jobs, Obama Stimulus, Women's Issues, Children, Economy, Creating Jobs, A Peaceful Revolution, Working Women, Infrastructure, Obama Stimulus Plan, Economic Stimulus Package, Stimulus Package, Health Care, Elderly, Women, Baby Boomers, Poverty, National Infrastructure, Economic Crisis, Elderly Americans, Stimulus, Investing, Early Education, Green Infrastructure, Obama Working Women, Women's Health, Childcare, Economic Stimulus, Children's Health, Healthcare, Politics News
Riane Eisler

The Real Wealth of our Nation is Its People Over half a million people lost their jobs last month. There's no question we need a job-creation plan. T...

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The Truth About the Stimulus Package

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Infrastructure, U.S. Economy, Green Infrastructure, Economic Stimulus Package, Trade, Economy, Stimulus Package, Economic Crisis, Green Energy, Congress Stimulus, Congress, Obama Stimulus, Obama Economy, Stimulus, Congressional Budget Office, Obama Stimulus Plan, Gop Stimulus, Economic Stimulus, Republicans Stimulus, Politics News
Amitai Etzioni

Until other countries are willing to do their share to stimulate the global economy, the Obama administration is right to lift our boat first.

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Toll Roads Are Paved With Bad Intentions

Thomas Frank | Posted 03.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Roads, Privatization, Infrastructure, Nationalization, Free Market, Capitalism, Department of Transportation, Politics News
Thomas Frank

Back in the days when the market was a kind of secular god, we were told private businesses did everything better than the state. But something happened on the road to privatopia.

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To Survive, Americans Must Assert Themselves as Economic Patriots

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 03.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Sen. Sherrod Brown, Year End Bonuses, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, $700 Billion Bailout, United States Council for International Business, Congress, Corporate Jet, Business Roundtable, “Buy America”, Infrastructure, Unemployment, Wall Street, Bernie Madoff, Stimulus Package, Government Accountability Office, Economy, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

To survive this economic catastrophe, Americans must stand up to the likes of the Chamber and the Roundtable and call them out for being economic traitors to the United States of America.

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Rethinking the Stimulus

Harry Moroz | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Infrastructure, Unemployment, John Boehner, Congressional Budget Office, Unemployment Insurance, Economic Recovery, Stimulus, Health Insurance, Tax Cuts, Congress Stimulus, U.S. Economy, Republicans Stimulus, Obama Stimulus, Economy, Economic Crisis, Obama Economy, Obama Stimulus Plan, Economic Stimulus Package, Gop Stimulus, Economic Stimulus, POST-STIMULUS VOTE Congress, Politics News
Harry Moroz

Measures included in the stimulus bill should be the beginnings of a new policy regime that works to include more Americans in the middle class, not a passing reprieve in a time of economic gloom.

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Italy: No Country For Young Men

Alessandro Fusacchia and Fabio Oliva | Posted 02.27.2009 | World

Read More: Generational Divide, Italy, Italian Politics, Obama, Youth Empowerment, Rena, Meritocracy, Infrastructure, World, Public Transportation, Red Tape, Europe, Barack Obama, Transportation, World News
Alessandro Fusacchia and Fabio Oliva

Change, unfortunately, is hard to come by in Italy, a country bogged down by red-tape, political scandals and lack of innovation.

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The Traffic of Pay-to-Play Politics

Monica Youn | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: State Budgets, Money, National Infrastructure, Budget, Secretary of Transportation, Clintons, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Budget, Transportation, Infrastructure, Kennedys, Illinois Senate, Bush Administration, John Fritchey, Rod Blagojevich, Transportation Department, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, Federal Highway Fund, Illinois, Blagojevich Corruption, Ray Lahood Obama, Transportration Secretary Ray LaHood, Ray Lahood, Ray Lahood Department of Transportation, Politics News
Monica Youn

The Bush Administration's DOT succeeded in knocking a sizeable hole in Illinois' ban on pay-to-play deals that the state Senate had attempted to pass in the wake of the Blagojevich scandal.

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Manufacturing a Dream and a Recovery

Scott Paul | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Infrastructure, Economic Stimulus, American Manufacturing, Taxes, U.S. Economy, Economy, Economic Crisis, Manufacturing, Community Organizer, Jobs, Credit Crisis, Taxpayers, Barack Obama, Manufacturing Jobs, US Economy, Obama Economic Stimulus Plan, Economic Stimulus Package, Wall Street Crisis, Job Cuts, Wall Street, Chicago, South Side of Chicago, Community Organizing, American Jobs, Housing Bubble, Politics News
Scott Paul

If the destruction of capitalism and the arc of history were responsible for American manufacturing's steep decline, there would be a legitimate debate about whether it's worth saving.

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A Recovery... Or a Reinvention?

Angela Glover Blackwell | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Infrastructure, Equity, Economy, Green, Economic Stimulus, Jobs, Clean Energy, Obama, Economic Recovery, Stimulus, Recovery Package, Transportation, Barack Obama, Politics News
Angela Glover Blackwell

America needs smarter, more targeted spending (in people, places, and projects) that gets a solid return on our investment and actually strengthens communities too often left behind.

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Create Jobs Now, but Build Skills for the Future

Julian L. Alssid and Davis Jenkins | Posted 02.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Competition, Workforce, U.S. Economy, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Infrastructure, Global Economy, College, Economy, National Infrastructure, Economic Crisis, Jobs, Skilled US Workers, Barack Obama, Business News
Julian L. Alssid and Davis Jenkins

Unless the stimulus can be leveraged to revitalize our education and workforce systems, the downturn will likely accelerate the recent trend in which the only good jobs go to those who have training beyond high school.

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From Nightmares to Dreams Come True

Michael DeJong | Posted 02.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Hope and Change, The Grapes of Wrath, Pakistan, Deficits, Pursuit of Happiness, Blood Diamonds, Early to Bed..., Iraq, An Inconvenient Truth, Iran, Infrastructure, Starvation, Unemployment, Jr, American Dream, Fiscal Mismanagement, Homeless, Katrina, Bling-Bling, Green-Collar Jobs, Health Care, Real Housewives of Orange County, Safety Nets, Haves and Have Nots, Civil Rights Laws, The Great Gatsby, Home Foreclosures, Martin Luther King, Middle-Class, Incoming Administration, City Upon a Hill, Genocide, Deregulation, Mac Mansions, Sluggish Wages, Afghanistan, North Korea, Post-Bush-Alyptic, Living News
Michael DeJong

Long gone is the unique American social phenomenon that each new generation will "do better" than the last. Things are starting to feel more like "The Grapes of Wrath" than "The Great Gatsby."

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Obama, CEO America

Michael Likosky | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Privatization, Infrastructure, Dotcom Boom, Economic Stimulus Package, Barack Obama, President Obama, Politics News
Michael Likosky

Is President-elect Obama soon to become CEO America, leader of a land in which the public and private sectors cohere into one giant corporation?

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Disorganized Dems? Or Democracy In Action?

Bill Scher | Posted 02.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Energy, Infrastructure, Congress, Education, Tax Cuts, Economic Recovery, Obama, Stimulus, Healthcare, Video, Media News
Bill Scher

There is a real media bias -- a bias towards conflict, which leads towards sensationalism instead of clear-eyed analysis.

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Dem Governors Attack Environmentalists On Stimulus

Politico | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Infrastructure, Economic Stimulus, Ted Strickland, Economic Stimulus Package, Environmentalists, Democratic Governors, Politics News

Democratic governors are slamming environmental advocates, in one of the first fights to break out within the Democratic party over the shape of the s...

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