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Note to readers: OurFuture.org was offline for a few hours this morning. The site is now back to normal. Apologies for any inconvenience. Burning Issues: The U.S. Plan For New Nuclear Weapons Lawrence Korb, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress,...
Wisconsin Adds Momentum To The Sanders Revolution
Pundits dismissing Bernie Sanders' chances to win the Democratic nomination say he has to win over 55 percent of the vote in remaining contests to catch up to Hillary Clinton. He’s now done that or better in each of the last six races.
Burning Issues: The U.S. Plan For New Nuclear Weapons
Lawrence Korb of the Center for American Progress discusses what the United States should do to reduce the threat of nuclear weapons and highlights a key difference between presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and his competitors.
Even Centrist Third Way Gets It: We Need To Spend Big On Infrastructure
Third Way is helping to mainstream the same kind of jumpstart in job-producing investment called for by presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
February Trade Deficit Was Enormous, Humongous And Caused Job Loss
Voters have certainly caught on that these disastrous trade policies, resulting in continuing enormous, humongous trade deficits, are driving jobs and wages away.
New Anti-Inversion Rules Block Pfizer's $35 Billion Tax Dodge
Giant, mega-profitable companies like Pfizer engage in complicated, tricky schemes to dodge paying the taxes they owe. The Treasury Department caught up to Pfizer and others this week, issuing new rules that will help address the problem.
Sanders Hopes For Wisconsin Momentum Sanders appears to have Wisconsin edge. Politico: "Wisconsin has all the hallmarks of a Bernie Sanders-friendly state: large numbers of college-age voters, a progressive electorate and one of the whiter populations in the country...
GOP Hate Exacts a Toll
The GOP campaign has been a hate fest with Donald Trump and Ted Cruz contending for No. 1 hater of Muslims and undocumented workers and women. Hate may have brought the GOP a load of publicity but it lost the party a bushel of bucks.
Will Voter Suppression Skew Wisconsin Primary Results?
Wisconsin Republicans are disenfranchising citizens with laws designed to discourage voting by groups that might vote for Democrats. How will this affect Tuesday’s primary?
Panama Papers Controversy Offers An Opportunity To Push For Transparency
The disclosure of records from Panama's Mossack Fonesca offers a wider view into the world of shadowy shell companies used by the wealthy to hide wealth. Legislation awaits action in Congress that would help address this issue.
