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The Wall Street Journal | Article | December 3, 2010
U.S. Business Groups Hope For Korea Trade Deal Approval By Spring
By Tom Barkley
The major breakthrough Friday in free-trade talks between the U.S. and South Korea could pave the way for congressional approval by next spring.
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Slate | Job Openings | December 2, 2010
Trade Policy 101
By Martha C. White
What's in those free-trade agreements -- and do they really boost exports?
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Sunday Business Post | Article | November 7, 2010
Democrats Have Plenty to Ponder
By Niall Stanage
Democrats in the US are questioning what their party did wrong and where it should go in the wake of last week's sweeping losses in the midterm elections.
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Reuters | Article | November 3, 2010
Analysis: Election Raises Hope for Trade Deals
By Doug Palmer
Republican victories in congressional elections have boosted the chances for approval of three long-delayed free trade agreements, and could mark the start of a cooperative effort between the White House and Congress to open new markets for U.S. exports.
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Reuters | Article | August 19, 2010
Pakistan Floods Renew Focus on Stalled U.S. Trade Bill
By Doug Palmer
Devastating floods in Pakistan have renewed attention to an unfulfilled U.S. promise to create a trade program to help that country recover from an earthquake in 2005 that took close to 80,000 lives.
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The Washington Independent | Article | June 2, 2010
Outdated Tariff Systems Means the Poor Pay More
By Martha C. White
Low-income Americans end up paying extra for necessities like clothes and shoes -- victims of an outdated, inefficient tariff system that inadvertently penalizes the poor.
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The New York Times | Article | March 22, 2010
DLC's Reed Tapped to Run Deficit Panel
By Jackie Calmes
Bruce Reed, the head of the moderate Democratic Leadership Council and the chief domestic policy adviser in the Clinton administration, is likely to become the executive director of President Obama's bipartisan commission on reducing the national debt, according to people familiar with the selection process.
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USA Today | Article | September 2, 2009
'Hot' jobs? Health care, energy, many not requiring bachelor's
By Lindsey Anderson
The hottest job areas from now to 2016 will be in health care, education, information technology and clean energy, a new report says.
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U.S. News and World Report | Article | August 27, 2009
A Kindle for Every Student
By Zach Miners
According to a new report from the Democratic Leadership Council, digital reading devices such as Amazon's Kindle could be a useful tool for improving student learning.
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The Wall Street Journal | Article | July 20, 2009
Trade: What Is to Be Done?
By Bob Davis
The Democratic Leadership Council, a think tank for moderate "New Democrats," would toss out the old, and bring in a new agenda.
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The New York Times | Article | July 14, 2009
Democratic Group's Proposal: Give Each Student a Kindle
By Brad Stone
Some influential members of the Democratic Party want to give electronic reading devices to every student in the country.
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CQ Politics | Article | June 17, 2009
Emanuel Previews Obama Initiative to Boost Support to Community Colleges
By David Nather
In a speech to the Democratic Leadership Council this morning, White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel said Obama will propose a new initiative "in the next couple of weeks" that will call for "the rewriting of all legislation related to job training and vocational ed in the country" -- with a special emphasis on giving more funding and other support to the community college system.
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Real Clear Politics | Article | June 16, 2009
Al From Won
By David Paul Kuhn
Now, after the long progressive slog from McGovern to Obama, it's From's side that has won.
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WashingtonPost.com | Article | June 16, 2009
What Republicans Can Learn from the DLC
By Dan Balz
In a town of short memories, Al From vividly remembers when Democrats, not Republicans, were the party in the wilderness. As he steps down from the presidency of the centrist Democratic Leadership Council (DLC), he has some advice for the besieged GOP -- and, not surprisingly, for his party as well.
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CNN Radio | Video | June 16, 2009
From: Democrats Owe Their Majority to Moderates
By Bob Costantini
He's considered the father of moderate Democratic organizations. And the Democratic Leadership Council that Al From helped found has a number of progeny...
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The Washington Post | Article | March 23, 2009
Radical Change for a Moderate Bastion
By Chris Cillizza
The recent retirement of Democratic Leadership Council chief executive Al From and the decoupling of the DLC and the Progressive Policy Institute, its longtime think tank, mark the first major changes at the organization in the better part of a decade.
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Roll Call | Article | March 12, 2009
A Moderate Superstar Retires From the DLC
By Matthew Murray
After what DLC Founder and CEO Al From calls "the equivalent of four Senate terms," he is stepping down this spring and passing the reins to his longtime No. 2, Bruce Reed.
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Politico | Article | March 11, 2009
Obama: 'I am a New Democrat'
By Jonathan Martin and Carol E. Lee
President Barack Obama firmly resists ideological labels, but at the end of a private meeting with a group of moderate Democrats on Tuesday afternoon, he offered a statement of solidarity.
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The Wall Street Journal | Commentary | August 30, 2008
Harold Ford, Jr.: Obama Should Focus on Education Reform
By Brendan Miniter
Mr. Ford stresses that education is among "the types of things Democrats are going to have to focus on ... Not because we want to win elections, but because the country needs it."
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Politico | Article | May 20, 2008
Middle Class Problems Key to Free Trade
By Jeanne Cummings
With so many forces against them, (DLC Founder and CEO Al) From's prescription for the pro-trade agenda is patience.
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