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Another Explanation Why Moving Jobs Out Of The Country Is 'Good' For Us
The U.S. has had trade deficits every years since the late 1970s, when Wall Street started advertising that "free trade" - moving jobs and factories out of the country -- is good for us.
Fight For $15 Nears Big Win In California
Tenacity and flexibility is helping California workers get a raise. Despite reluctance from Gov. Jerry Brown, a compromise has been struck to establish a statewide $15 minimum wage, the highest in the nation.
Progressive Breakfast
Burning Issues: Understanding the Crisis in Syria Jim Zogby, the president of the Arab American Institute, explains the “conflict within a conflict within a conflict” in Syria in this segment of the Burning Issues video series. Weekend at Bernie's Brings Momentum...
Sanders Soars: The Democratic Race Is Closer Than The Republicans'
Bernie Sanders swept three caucuses this weekend by huge margins, knocking Hillary Clinton's pledged delegate lead down below 300. He's still the underdog, but is closing. Mainstream media ought to give him the attention he's earned.
Burning Issues: Understanding the Crisis in Syria
Jim Zogby, the president of the Arab American Institute, explains the "conflict within a conflict within a conflict" in Syria in this segment of the Burning Issues series.
The Choice Is Not Between TPP Or No Trade
The Trans-Pacific Partnership’s strongest opponents are not against trade. What we are arguing for is using a blueprint that already exists to write trade agreements that actually benefit American workers.
So MANY Op-Eds Pushing Corporate "Free Trade"
As Bernie Sanders' and Donald Trump's campaign criticisms of our country's disastrous trade policies resonate with voters, "establishment" pundits explain that moving millions of jobs out of the country is good for us.
Wingnut Week In Review: Brussels and Bigotry
The dust had not yet settled, the smoke had not yet cleared, and the body count had not yet begun before right-wingers used the terrorist attacks in Brussels to spout their usual brand of bigotry.
Progressive Breakfast
Burning Issues: Why Honduras Matters In The 2016 Campaign Mark Weisbrot of the Center for Economic and Policy Research discusses the candidate's the assassination of a Honduras environmental activist and what it says about the Democratic candidates' foreign policy, in...
Burning Issues: Why Honduras Matters In The 2016 Campaign
Who was Berta Cáceres, why was she murdered in Honduras and, most importantly, why should that matter in the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign? Mark Weisbrot explains in the latest in our video series.
