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Oct. 14 in the Marketplace: Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa In Los Angeles, cleaning up the ports means improving air quality and job quality. Join us in the Marketplace on Tuesday, October 14 and find out what ports in New York, New Jersey and the nation can learn from Los Angeles' Clean Air Action Plan. Featured speakers include Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. More> |
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| Visit the DMI Archive Click ''Archive'' on the top navigation bar and search through DMI’s virtual archive by subject area, author, or type of media (report, op-ed, press release, or mention of DMI's work in the news.) More» |
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| Education Is Great, But We Need More Unions By Amy Traub, OurFuture.org, September 18, 2008. The American Dream is a middle-class dream. Today the nation’s middle class is squeezed between rising prices for staples like gasoline, food and health care, and stagnant wages that don’t keep up. It is harder to get ahead, most Americans say, and easier to fall behind. We are moving away from an economy that enables working people to enjoy a middle-class standard of living. How can we reverse course? More» |
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| DMI's Andrea Batista Schlesinger on NY1's Inside City Hall Recently on NY1's Inside City Hall, DMI's Executive Director Andrea Batista Schlesinger debated with the Manhattan Institute's E.J. McMahon. The topic: which Presidential candidate is not only better for New York, but better for our nation's cities. Click here to watch video of the debate. More» |
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| Update: DMI's Google AdWord Campaign Two weeks ago DMI launched our first-ever Google Adword campaign to raise $10,000 between now and November 4 to make sure that every time someone Googles ‘middle class squeeze’ a DMI ad pops up leading them to our hard-hitting analysis on TheMiddleClass.org. Or when they Google their Member of Congress, a DMI ad pops up leading them to how he or she voted to strengthen and expand the middle class. America. We've raised 15% of our goal so we’ve got a lot of work to do before Nov. 4th! Please make a donation today. More» |
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DMI in New Progressive Voices
New Progressive Voices is a collection of nine essays by top progressive thinkers and leaders from a wide array of organizations, perspectives and backgrounds, including DMI's Andrea Batista Schlesinger and Amy Traub. The goal: to outline a long-term progressive vision for America. Read our ideas for building A Strengthened Middle Class. More» |
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| Now on MayorTV.com: Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter Mayor Michael Nutter shares his thoughts on the division of the United States into a rural America and an urban America in the presidential election, as well Philadelphia's program to reduce recidivism. Watch Mayor Nutter's interview now on MayorTV. More» |
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| Paid Family Leave clips now available on YouTube! On Sept. 15 in the Marketplace of Ideas, New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine spoke about New Jersey’s family leave insurance bill which guarantees paid family leave. Missed the event? Read blog coverage of the event on the DMIBlog or visit DMI's Youtube Channel to watch video from the event. More» |
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| Corzine Calls for Paid Family Leave, in New York By Steven Greenhouse, New York Times, September 15, 2008. Governors of one state are probably not supposed to meddle in legislative efforts in other states, but Gov. Jon S. Corzine of New Jersey gave enthusiastic backing to enacting paid family leave in New York State — indeed, throughout the nation. More» |
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| DMI Takes a Fresh Look at the Health of America’s Middle Class Being middle class used to mean having a reliable job with fair pay; access to health care; a safe and stable home; the opportunity to provide a good education for one’s children, including a college education; time off work for vacations and major life events; and the security of looking forward to a dignified retirement. But today this standard of living is increasingly precarious. DMI aims to shed some light on the middle-class squeeze with its latest overview, a compilation of cutting edge data on where the nation’s middle class really stands. More» |
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| DMI Releases First Annual Survey On The Middle Class And Public Policy The poll finds that middle-class “fearful families” are largely united on which public policies they want enacted by the President and Congress, but remain shockingly unfamiliar with what is going on in Washington. More» |
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