by Bill Scher | Jun 8, 2011 | Blog
The Republican presidential field can be divided into two groups: the politically sane (Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty and Jon Huntsman), and the politically insane (Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Michelle Bachmann, Ron Paul and Herman Cain). The politically sane trio...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 8, 2011 | Blog, Economy
The NY Times has an editorial on trade today, Keeping Protectionism at Bay. The editorial, written by well-paid New Yorkers living far from the devastated communities of the "rust belt," explains down to us that it is a bad thing to "protect" our jobs and our...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 8, 2011 | Blog, Economy, Making it in America
Our trade agreements have pitted working people in countries that do not protect rights or people against the working people here who fought to win the protections of democracy. The result has been devastating to our communities, our economy and our democracy. America...
by Richard Eskow | Jun 8, 2011 | Blog
Anthony Weiner wanted to get off, while Evan Bayh wants to get rich. Weiner serviced himself in public, while Bayh's abusing his public service. Guess which one will be a pariah in Washington and which will still attend all the right parties? Ex-Senator Bayh, who was...
by | Jun 7, 2011 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Washington conservative elites seem to be taking it for granted that raising the minimum wage in a recession will destroy the already fragile job market. However, what proof do we have that this is true? New research being conducted by prominent economists is yielding...
by Terrance Heath | Jun 7, 2011 | Blog
Today is an unhappy anniversary for progressives, and for America as a whole. It is the anniversary of a giant step towards the mess we find ourselves in today. It's the anniversary of the day conservatives set a fiscal trap from which America has yet to extricate...
