by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 5, 2015 | Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
The text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership was released by the Obama administration Thursday, and as Lori Wallach, head of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch and a leading expert on trade, its provisions are "even worse than we thought." Wallach was among several...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 3, 2015 | Jobs and Growth
If you are concerned about the cost of funding social programs for the poor, then you should support a living wage for workers. That’s the message supporters of the Responsible Business Act are sending employers in Chicago. The bill would charge Cook County businesses...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 29, 2015 | Jobs and Growth
U.S. senators and their staff only have to go to the Senate cafeteria to see what is wrong with the low-wage economy, with the workers who serve their meals earning near-poverty wages paid by the subsidiary of a multinational corporation that has blocked efforts by...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 28, 2015 | Awards Gala 2015, Progressive Vision
[fve]https://youtu.be/uI_WV7WaS10[/fve]WATCH: Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks at the Campaign for America’s Future Awards Gala Tuesday night after receiving its Progressive Champion Award from organization co-director Robert Borosage. Sen. Elizabeth Warren...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 23, 2015 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
The triumph of Justin Trudeau in the Canadian prime minister election on Sunday over the incumbent conservative government prompted one prominent New York Times columnist on Thursday to suggest that the Republican Party political template of demonizing immigrants and...
