by Dave Johnson | Apr 5, 2017 | Blog
Our economy has a trade problem. Our trade deficit measures the extent of the problem. Our trade deficit continues to be enormous and humongous. February's Enormous, Humongous $43.6 Billion Trade Deficit The Census Bureau reports the February U.S. deficit on trade...
by Sam Pizzigati | Apr 4, 2017 | Blog
No strings attached. Con men love this simple phrasing. They use it all the time. They make an offer too good to be true, then assure their targeted victims that if they accept the offer and turn out not to like it, they can always walk away. No strings. Corporate...
by Martha Burk | Apr 4, 2017 | Blog
Equal Pay Day is here. Never heard of it? If you’re a working woman, or a man who cares about the women in your life, this matters to you, so listen up. Equal Pay Day is the day in any given year when women working full-time, year-round catch up to men’s earnings from...
by Libero Della Piana | Apr 4, 2017 | Blog
Fifty years ago today, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered one of his most prophetic and powerful speeches, ‘Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence’, at Riverside Church in New York City. One year later - to the day - he was assassinated in Memphis. King’s words...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 3, 2017 | Blog
President Trump has nominated Makan Delrahim to head up the Justice Department’s antitrust division. Most recently, the lawyer lobbied for approval of health insurance giant Anthem's effort to acquire health insurance giant Cigna. Bad sign. Scarcely seventy days into...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 3, 2017 | Blog
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, created in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, has been remarkably effective at reining in lawless banks. How effective? So much so, that Republicans now target the agency for destruction. And some Democrats may be willing...
