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Song Premiere: Middle Class Rut, 'No More'

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:00:34 GMT

Source: buzzworthy.mtv.com --- Wednesday, May 22, 2013
middle class Rut are back and bringing the rock on their new track, "No More." middle class Rut 's "No More" opens with the heaviness we've come to expect from the Sacramento hard rockers, diving right in with levee-breaking drums and electric guitars the size of the Hoover Dam. All that pressure explodes in the lyrics: "You took this love and you tore it apart!" guitarist Zack Lopez bellows. It sounds like a bad romance, but dude's shutting that down: "No more," he repeats to close out the chorus. Way to respect yourself, fellas. With its throat-shredding vocals and full-on rock assault, the song sounds like Perry Ferrall jamming with Soundgarden -- not bad for a two-man crew. Listen to middle class Rut's "No More" after the jump. "No More" is the follow-up to track "Aunt Betty," a March single that churns like butter. The band's new album, Pick Up Your Head , arrives May 21 on Bright Antenna Records. It's the 2011 Artist to Watch's sequel to their 2010 debut, No Name No Color . They'll promote the new set with a tour that kicked off with an SXSW gig alongside the Stooges and Japandroids , with their own headlining gigs in the U.S. and U.K. coming in May. Stock up on earplugs now. + Listen to middle class Rut's "No More." Photo credit: Steve Gullick/Bright Antenna Entertainment ...

"Now, the real estate market is booming in these favelas. Middle-class Brazilians have discovered the..."

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:18:07 GMT

Source: seej500.tumblr.com --- Tuesday, May 21, 2013
“ Now, the real estate market is booming in these favelas. middle-class Brazilians have discovered the slums as a cheap housing alternative. They are also accompanied by an influx of foreigners, most of whom come from the crisis-ridden countries of Southern Europe. Many of the newcomers head to Rio to build an entirely new life for themselves. Cantagalo is now home to Spaniards, Italians, Argentineans and an Australian. In the neighboring favela of Pavão-Pavãozinho, a prominent immigrant from Germany has also found a place to live: the former senator of the interior in the city-state of Hamburg, Ronald Schill, who was once called “Judge Merciless” for his harsh rulings. Until recently, he was living in an apartment on the Copacabana. Now, he has purchased a small house in the favela. “Rents and purchasing prices are lower here than down below,” he says as he points to the asphalt jungle at his feet. It’s primarily the favelas in the southern zone of the city that attract the gringos. These areas are usually only minutes from the beach and offer some of the best views of Rio’s stunning urban landscape. Standing on his terrace, Baronio gazes at the Atlantic. It takes him only 15 minutes to get to the beach. “In Europe the rich would live here,” he says in amazement. ” - http://m.spiegel.de/international/world/a-900626.html (via m1k3y ) ...

New Videos on How Unions Make the Middle Class from @AmerWorker

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Source: www.cepr.net --- Tuesday, May 21, 2013
"It probably did save my life." Jeremy, a member of the Writers Guild, is a cancer survivor, and he gives credit to his union for negotiating his health care plan in a new video by the American Worker Project at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. His is just one of the moving stories told in three short videos released today. These profiles show how unions have helped workers in very different occupations — child care, freelance writing and taxi driving — gain and maintain wages and benefits that are key to a middle-class standard of living. On the flip side, La Tonya describes the hardship she's faced since public sector workers lost their right to collectively bargain in Wisconsin. These videos bring to life a huge body of research that finds that unions provide invaluable benefits for workers. CEPR regularly focuses on this topic and has many reports about how union membership increases workers' chances of having health insurance and a retirement plan. Some reports focus on specific groups of workers — African American, Latino, women, young, low Wage, service sector, and immigrant — and find the same positive effects across the board. ...

Watch how unions are empowering workers to join the middle class right now.

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:26:01 GMT

Source: www.facebook.com --- Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Watch how unions are empowering workers to join the middle class right now. Video Series: Unions Make the middle class www.americanprogress.org The Center for American Progress Action Fund produced a video series documenting what is at stake in three real stories of how unions make the middle class. ...

Video Series: Unions Make the Middle Class

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:29:08 GMT

Source: www.americanprogress.org --- Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Millions of Americans exercise their right to participate in a union every year. Unions make the middle class strong by ensuring that workers have a strong voice in our economy and our democracy. But union membership is declining, and the middle class is shrinking. The Center for American Progress Action Fund produced a video series documenting what is at stake in three real stories of how unions make the middle class. ...

Chopra: Someone Has to Help the Middle Class in this Awful Economy!

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:45:11 GMT

Source: www.nationalreview.com --- Monday, May 20, 2013
Aneesh Chopra, who spent May 2009 to February 2012 as the chief technology officer in the Obama administration, is running for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor in Virginia. His first campaign ad emphasizes that itâs gotten so hard for middle-class families to keep up in recent years: Itâs not often that you find a veteran of the Obama administration running against the Obama economy. For what itâs worth, the unemployment rate in Virginia is currently 5.2 percent (the tenth-lowest in the country, down from 7.2 percent in January 2010) and the median household income in Virginia in 2011 was $62,616, the fifth-highest in the country. ...

Weekly Address: The President Talks About How to Build a Rising, Thriving Middle Class

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:54:14 GMT

Source: www.whitehouse.gov --- Saturday, May 18, 2013
President Obama talks about his belief that a rising, thriving middle class is the true engine of economic growth, and that to reignite that engine and continue to build on the progress we’ve made over the last four years, we need to invest in three areas: jobs, skills and opportunity. Transcript | Download mp4 | Download mp3 ...

Obama focuses on middle-class concerns in weekly address

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:20:07 GMT

Source: www.popscreen.com --- Saturday, May 18, 2013
Weekly Address: The President Talks About How to Build a Rising, Thriving middle class ...

Obama Turns Focus on Middle-Class Jobs

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:15:22 GMT

Source: www.baltimorenews.net --- Saturday, May 18, 2013
U.S. President Barack Obama says he is focusing on ways to help the American middle class make economic gains, to bring them in line with the economic recovery of big business. Obama said in his weekly address Saturday that he has been visiting cities across the country that are doing "interesting and creative" things to "re-ignite the engine" of middle class economic growth and make sure ... ...

The President Talks About How to Build a Rising, Thriving Middle Class

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:34:45 GMT

Source: imperialvalleynews.com --- Saturday, May 18, 2013
Washington, DC - In this week’s address, President Obama talked about his belief that a rising, thriving middle class is the true engine of economic growth, and that to reignite that engine and continue to build on the progress we’ve made over the last four years, we need to invest in three areas: jobs, skills and opportunity. ...

Obama: Middle-class wages need to grow

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:59:35 GMT

Source: northiowatoday.com --- Saturday, May 18, 2013
President Barack Obama delivers remarks on job creation at Ellicott Dredges, a manufacturer of dredging equipment, in Baltimore, Maryland on May 17, 2013. UPI/Kristoffer Tripplaar/Pool WASHINGTON, May 18 (UPI) — U.S. President Barack Obama said Saturday the U.S. economy needs to create more “good, middle-class jobs, and we need to do it faster.” In his weekly radio and Internet address, the president repeated much of what he said during a visit to Baltimore Friday, when he toured a company “that’s creating good jobs here at home by exporting digging equipment abroad.” He said once again government needs to focus on “making America a magnet for good jobs,” “making sure our workers have the education and skills they need to do those jobs,” and “making sure your hard work leads to a decent living.” In what may have been a reference to the focus among many in Washington on allegations of multiple scandals, Obama said “too often, our politics aren’t focused on the same things you are. Working hard. Supporting your family and your community. Making sure your kids have every chance in life.” “In a little over three years, our businesses have created more than 6.5 million new jobs,” he said. “And while our unemployment rate is still too high, it’s the lowest it’s been since 2008. But now we need to create even more good, middle-class jobs, and we need to do it faster.” The president said corporate profits have “skyrocketed to all-time hi ...

President Obama’s Weekly Address: Building a Thriving Middle Class

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:26:34 GMT

Source: martinsvillemedia.com --- Saturday, May 18, 2013
Patrick Smith/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Obama says he believes “the true engine of economic growth” is a “rising, thriving middle class.” But in order to build on progress made over the last four years, he says in his weekly address, government should invest in three areas: jobs, skills and opportunities. President Obama has been visiting cities across the country as part of his “middle class Jobs and Opportunities Tour” to highlight the innovations taking place in the U.S. to create jobs or teach skills needed to fill opportunities for middle class families. On Friday, the president wrapped up the tour’s second stop in Baltimore, where he visited Ellicott Dredges, a factory that exports digging equipment abroad. Also in Baltimore, the president read with children and visited at a program that helps low-income earners get more training and guidance to find work opportunities. “More than anything,” President Obama says of the tour, “the American people make me optimistic about where we’re headed as a nation. Especially after all we’ve been through the past several years. And that should encourage us to work even harder on the issues that matter to you.” Touting the Administration’s progress — lower unemployment, increased corporate profits, a “healing” housing market and “shrinking” deficits — the president says both parties still need to continue to work to generate more jobs even faster. “And I’m going to keep trying ...

Obama Focuses on Middle-Class Jobs

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:19:10 GMT

Source: www.voanews.com --- Saturday, May 18, 2013
U.S. President Barack Obama says he is focusing on ways to help the American middle class make economic gains, to bring them in line with the economic recovery of big business. Obama said in his weekly address Saturday that he has been visiting cities across the country that are doing "interesting and creative" things to "re-ignite the engine" of middle class economic growth and make sure American citizens' hard work leads to a decent living. In Baltimore this week, ... ...

Obama Weekly Address: Build A "Thriving" Middle Class By Investing In Jobs, Skills And Opportunity

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:11:37 GMT

Source: www.realclearpolitics.com --- Saturday, May 18, 2013
White House: In this week's address, President Obama talked about his belief that a rising, thriving middle class is the true engine of economic growth, and that to reignite that engine and continue to build on the progress we've made over the last four years, we need to invest in three areas: jobs, skills and opportunity. PRESIDENT OBAMA: Hi, everybody. Over the past few months, I've laid out a series of commonsense ideas to reignite the true engine of our economic growth: a rising, thriving middle class. The way I see it, there are three areas where we need to focus. One: making America a magnet for good jobs. Two: making sure our workers have the education and skills they need to do those jobs. And three: making sure your hard work leads to a decent living. I've also been visiting cities across the country that are doing some interesting and creative things along these lines. On Friday, I stopped by a factory in Baltimore that's creating good jobs here at home by exporting digging equipment abroad. I read with young kids in a pre-K program, where kids are getting a head start learning the skills they'll need to succeed in life. And I stopped by a program that's helping folks in tough circumstances "“ especially low-income dads "“ get the training and guidance they need to find work and support their families. That's why I like getting out of the Washington echo chamber whenever I can "“ because ...

Weekly Address: The President Talks About How to Build a Rising, Thriving Middle Class (White House.gov Blog)

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:00:00 GMT

Source: labs.ebuzzing.com --- Saturday, May 18, 2013
President Obama talks about his belief that a rising, thriving middle class is the true engine of economic growth, and that to reignite that engine and continue to build on the progress we’ve made over the last four years, we need to invest in three areas: jobs, skills and opportunity. Transcript | Download mp4 | Download mp3 Source : White House.gov Blog Explore : Government , Politics , White House ...

Obama visits Baltimore, tries to turn focus to efforts to help middle class

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:13:20 GMT

Source: www.washingtonpost.com --- Friday, May 17, 2013
BALTIMORE — President Obama insisted Friday that he is focused on improving the lives of middle-class Americans, despite being buffeted in Washington by a trio of controversies that have threatened to distract him from his second-term agenda. Read full article >> ...

Help support good middle-class American jobs by buying American and union-made w...

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:41:08 GMT

Source: www.facebook.com --- Friday, May 17, 2013
Help support good middle-class American jobs by buying American and union-made whenever you can. Find thousands of products at www.labor411.org . ...

President Obama visits Baltimore factory to promote infrastructure investment as a means of revitalizing the middle class

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:33:43 GMT

Source: americanmanufacturing.org --- Friday, May 17, 2013
While our # AAMeter numbers have yet to 'WOW' us, it seems, at the very least, that President Obama has not forgotten the promises he made during his campaign. read more ...

Jaron Lanier: The Internet Destroyed The Middle Class

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:24:12 GMT

Source: jockohomo.tumblr.com --- Friday, May 17, 2013
Jaron Lanier: The Internet Destroyed The middle class : “Kodak employed 140,000 people. Instagram, 13. A digital visionary says the Web kills jobs, wealth — even democracy” ...

Linda Gorman on How ObamaCare Treats Middle Class

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:59:17 GMT

Source: econlog.econlib.org --- Friday, May 17, 2013
(May 17, 2013 09:59 AM, by David Henderson) Linda Gorman, my former Naval Postgraduate School colleague and author of three excellent articles in The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics (here, here, and here), has written a post laying out some weird consequences of the ObamaCare law. I would be... (9 COMMENTS) ...