by Richard Eskow | Oct 31, 2016 | Blog
It’s true: the Affordable Care Act is having problems. But Republicans who say those problems are caused by “big government” have it exactly backward. Obamacare's current difficulties are grounded in our country’s political fetishization of the private sector – a fad...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 28, 2016 | Blog
Wall Street really wants Congress to override both presidential candidates and We the People, and push that Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) through after the election, but before the new President and Congress take office. As Politico's Morning Trade reported...
by Jeff Bryant | Oct 28, 2016 | Blog
Education may have been mostly left out of this year's heated presidential election, but that hasn't stopped the current, outgoing president from shining a spotlight on his education record. "We've made a lot of progress" on education, President Obama recently...
by Bill Scher | Oct 27, 2016 | Blog
Republicans, resigned to losing the White House for the third time in a row, and for the fifth time in the last seven elections, are already planning to launch yet another round of partisan investigative witch hunts designed to hobble a Hillary Clinton presidency. NBC...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 27, 2016 | Blog
Given Donald Trump's shady business practices I'd be afraid to do business with him, let alone let him run the country. - Kelly Conklin of Foley-Waite LLC [fve]https://youtu.be/rlONxdiPpUM[/fve] The Main Street Alliance, a national network of state-based small...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 27, 2016 | Blog
Millions of Americans can't get bank accounts, so they can't even cash a check. Many millions more might have an account but can't get even a small loan. The numbers (below) are just outrageous. These millions are forced to turn to predators like the payday loan and...