Reviving the American Dream – October 7th, 2011

This week on AFGE\'s \"Inside Government\" The Nation Publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel and U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) join us from the Take Back the Ameri...

Katrina vanden Heuvel
Editor & Publisher, The Nation

  • Saving the American Dream
  • Addressing the jobs crisis

U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.)

  • Details of her new jobs bill, the Emergency Jobs to Restore the American Dream Act
  • The value of public service

Jim Dean
Chair, Democracy for America

  • Advocating for reforms in the business community
  • Preserving collective bargaining rights in the workplace

Bob Weiner
Former Clinton White House spokesman

  • Fighting against cuts to Social Security and Medicare
  • The Supreme Court’s review of the Affordable Care Act

Alexis Herman
Former U.S. Secretary of Labor

  • Challenges facing America’s workforce

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