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Bipartisan Commission Of Business, Civic, And Academic Leaders Develop A Framework For Inclusive Capitalism New Proposal Outlines 21 Policies for More Equitable and Inclusive Outcomes for the American Worker News provided by Share this article Share this article WASHINGTON, Feb. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Coalition for Inclusive Capitalism, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to making capitalism work for everyone, today launched the Framework for Inclusive Capitalism: A New Compact Amon...

Policymakers have long understood that structural unemployment is a source of community decline. A neighborhood in which people are poor but employed, the American sociologist William Julius Wilson observed, is different from a neighborhood in which people are poor and jobless. Yet while the federal government has made substantial investments in communities through infrastructure, tax, and housing incentives, these efforts have not expanded economic opportunity for millions of American families...

POLITICO Four in 10 companies say they cant find workers with the right skills. John Heckert wipes his eyes as he uses a computer to fill out paperwork for unemployment insurance at Eastbay Works Oakland One-Stop Career Center. Photo by Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Link Copied Four in 10 American employers are struggling to find workers with the right skills for at least some of their vacancies, according to a new survey of 850 companies. Thats despite a 6.7 percent unemployment rate and remo...

President-elect Joe Biden's Energy Secretary pick, Jennifer Granholm, has disclosed millions of dollars of investments in corporate and private business interests.

President-elect Joe Biden's Energy Secretary pick, Jennifer Granholm, has disclosed millions of dollars of investments in corporate and private business interests.

WBAL Radio 1090 AM - Biden energy secretary nominee Jennifer Granholm has millions in energy investments

SolarWinds hack: What we must do to avoid the next attack Gilman Louie, opinion contributor © Getty Images SolarWinds hack: What we must do to avoid the next attack Americans awoke to a horrific tragedy on Sept. 11, 2001. Afterward, we discovered that we had had multiple pieces of intelligence that might have prevented it. The Markle Foundation, a technology- and security-focused foundation of which Im a director, and the 9/11 Commission both concluded that our nation must mo...

What you need to know about Bidens cabinet picks CNN 1/8/2021 By Kate Sullivan, CNN © David Paul Morris/Bloomberg/Getty Images/FILE Jennifer Granholm, former governor of Michigan, speaks during TechCrunch Disrupt 2019 in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. TechCrunch Disrupt, the worlds leading authority in debuting revolutionary startups, gathers the brightest entrepreneurs, investors, hackers, and tech fans for on-stage interviews. Photographer: Da...

Austin is a retired Army general and is the former commander of the US Central Command. He has worked closely with Biden in the past. While Biden was vice president, Austin served as the vice chief of staff of the Army and commanding general of US forces in Iraq, and later the commander of CENTCOM. Biden and Austin had discussions on a range of issues, including those in the Middle East and Central and South Asia. Austin would need a congressional waiver to be confirmed for the civilian post b...

Press release content from PR Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Patrick J. McGovern Foundation awards $5.7 million to support vulnerable communities as pandemic surges December 17, 2020 GMT BOSTON, Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation announced today $5.7 million in grants to support vulnerable communities through the pandemic and to bring trusted COVID-19 data and analysis to policymakers and the public. The 21 grants are the latest of th...