by Jacob Swenson-Lengyel | Oct 5, 2016 | Blog, Financial Reform
Grassroots and consumer organizations are in the final days of a giant battle with the payday lending industry, which appears to have pulled out all the stops to protect itself from tough new regulations from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Since March 2015,...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 5, 2016 | Blog, Economy, Health
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhd3rOr3dsk] Rep. Mark Pocan speaks with Richard Eskow on The Zero Hour This week I spoke with Rep. Mark Pocan (D, WI) about an open letter to President Obama he is circulating to fellow members of Congress this week. It’s an...
by Robert Borosage | Oct 5, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
The following was originally published in The Nation. As Donald Trump continues the self-immolation that began in the first presidential debate, Hillary Clinton is rising once more in the polls. But Trump had pulled into a virtual dead heat before that debate,...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 5, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Trade
China has a huge overcapacity in steel production because their economy is slowing, so internal demand for steel has fallen. Rather than cut production and lay off some of their own workers, China is exporting the problem. China is "dumping" steel on international...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 4, 2016 | Blog, Tax Reform
"Multinational corporations’ use of tax havens allows them to avoid an estimated $100 billion in federal income taxes each year," says a new report just released by Citizens for Tax Justice (CTJ), Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) and U.S. Public...
by Bill Scher | Oct 4, 2016 | Blog
Buried in a recent a column from Politico's Glenn Thrush is this nugget about the Clinton campaign's strategy for wooing "higher-income and higher-education Republicans" away from Trump: Clinton’s focus groups (they seem to be running around-the-clock these days) show...
