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ANOTHER Corporation Suing Our Government Thanks To Trade Agreements
The lesson here is that we must do everything we can to fight the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and demand our government renegotiate the rest of the "trade" agreements the corporations got us into.
'Good Jobs' Clause Is Good News In The Democratic Platform
The draft Democratic Party platform calls for what's often referred to as a "good jobs executive order" that would require federal contractors to provide a "living wage, good benefits, and the opportunity to form a union."
Donald “You’re Fired!” Trump Kills Jobs
The name Donald Trump is synonymous with the words “You’re fired!” He made money by brutally, publicly taking people’s jobs from them. And he clearly enjoyed it. Donald Trump is no jobs candidate.
Progressive Breakfast
McKibben, Cohen Pound Platform Democratic platform drafting committee member Bill McKibben slams draft platform in Politico Magazine oped: "Amendments against the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement and backing Medicare for all failed, with all the Clinton...
Democratic Party Platform Committee Undermines Clinton On TPP
The Democratic platform writing committee has voted not to oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The problem is, this hands powerful ammunition to Donald Trump.
A Chain Serves Good Pizza "&" Support for D.C.'s Fight for $15 Victory
Michael Lastoria has made his &pizza restaurant chain a champion of the $15 minimum wage, and has made one of his restaurants the site for the signing of a historic $15 minimum wage law in Washington, D.C.
A Lifeboat In A Loan Shark-Infested Economy
Earlier this month, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau revealed new rules to rein in payday lenders and their outrageous fees. Now, the CFPB needs to take the next step to protect Americans from these corporate loan sharks.
Brexit: The Day We Entered the Eye of the Maelstrom
Britain's exist from the European Union carries vital political lessons for the Obama administration and Clinton campaign, both of which must not give reason for U.S. voters to further disdain the establishment.
Progressive Breakfast
Clinton and Warren Head to Ohio Clinton and Warren stump together today in Ohio. NYT: "The joint Ohio event comes as the campaign enters the final stretch before the Democratic convention in Philadelphia, where Mr. Sanders has vowed to take his liberal agenda to the...
Burning Issues: Explaining The 'Revolt' Against the TPP
Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch, offers a quick explanation of the opposition to the Trade-Pacific Partnership, and insight into what a good trade deal would look like, in this Burning Issues video.
