T. Sharp on Twitter (@newscoma) Steve Ross on Twitter (@vibinc) Steve Steffens on Twitter (@leftwingcracker)Steven, who works with the homeless in Nashville, posts a story from Travis Williamson on what he witnessed one night in Nashville. At first, I didn’t pay much attention to this man and thought him to be just another homeless guy on some street corner. Then I saw something truly amazing. The person driving...
Jason Tippett is telling you the upside during a down period. If there’s a silver lining to getting shown the door by my employer after nearly 11 years’ service — besides being forced to move ahead with my graduate school plans — it’s that I’ll be a little more free to speak my mind...
That’s the number of people who are going to lose their state, federal, or both unemployment benefits between now and the end of June if Congress doesn’t extend them. From a NELP release (National Employment Law Project) 119,000 are from Tennessee alone. h/t Meteor Blades @ Daily Kos
Southern Beale talks of the cycle that banks are currently in, making it harder and harder for even people with good credit to get loans. As a nation, we’ve floated on a sea of debt and promises for far too long, and it was bound to catch up with us. But I do think,...