by Isaiah J. Poole | May 5, 2016 | Blog, Financial Reform
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is on the verge of correcting a fundamental perversion of our justice system and restore to consumers their right to their day in court when they are wronged by a bank or credit card company. A new regulation that the agency...
by Isaiah J. Poole | May 2, 2016 | Conservatism, Jobs and Growth
Once again, that conservative maxim about the government that's closest to the people serves the people best was thrown out the window by conservatives when it comes to protecting the interests of workers against the abuses of businesses. The latest example is Kansas,...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 27, 2016 | Conservatism
Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert on Wednesday received an incredibly light sentence for actions related to the sexual abuse of boys he supervised when he was a high school athletics coach. U.S. District Judge Thomas Durkin used the phrase "serial child molester" in...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 25, 2016 | Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign operation has been anything but subtle in suggesting that now that her win in the New York primary Tuesday has made her nomination at the Democratic convention pretty much inevitable, it’s time for the Bernie Sanders campaign to...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 22, 2016 | Jobs and Growth
Remembering the artist Prince and one of his greatest hits, "1999," got us thinking: 1999 was actually a pretty good year for the U.S. economy. Time spent browsing through the Economic Policy Institute's "State of Working America" website is sobering, though, once you...
