by Leo Gerard | Jul 19, 2017 | Blog
Promises were made. And workers believed candidate Donald Trump when he pledged to stop corporations from exporting American factories. Workers cast votes based on Trump swearing he would end the trade cheating that kills American jobs. This week, though, workers got...
by Bryce Oates | Jul 19, 2017 | Blog
Trump is no FDR, no matter what he claims. To see why, we need look no further than his efforts to dismantle one of FDR’s greatest achievements: public investment in electric power. I live in the Pacific Northwest, where the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) sells...
by George Goehl, LeeAnn Hall | Jul 18, 2017 | Blog
In 1978 in Love Canal, N.Y., Lois Gibbs forged a new model for environmental activism focused on the human cost of environmental destruction and grassroots leaders’ power to combat it. She went on to create the Center for Health, Environment, & Justice (CHEJ),...
by Dean Baker | Jul 17, 2017 | Blog
Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney had a Wall Street Journal column highlighting the benefits of "MAGAnomics." The piece can best be described as a combination of Groundhog Day and outright lies. In terms of Groundhog Day, we have actually tried...
by Tim Wilkins | Jul 17, 2017 | Blog
"We're fighting for the future of this planet, for our kids and grandchildren," Sen. Bernie Sanders told Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement. "And to do your best, you've got to be involved in the political process." Sanders delivered the keynote address to 1,200...
by Leo Gerard | Jul 14, 2017 | Blog
Ever-worsening is the chasm between the loaded, who luxuriate in gated communities, and the workers, who are hounded at their rickety gates by bill collectors. Even though last week’s Bureau of Labor Statistics report showed unemployment at a low 4.4 percent, wages...
