by Sam Pizzigati | Oct 4, 2016 | Blog
One of the more telling moments in last Monday’s Presidential debate has gone relatively unnoticed. That moment came after GOP nominee Donald Trump, during an exchange over taxes, made no move to dispute the charge that he hasn’t paid any federal income tax over...
by Leo Gerard | Oct 4, 2016 | Blog
Donald Trump likes to say he has a very, very good relationship with unions. “I have great relationships with unions,” he told Newsweek last year. And the press is in love with saying blue-collar workers are in love with Trump. Real reporters and even fake...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 4, 2016 | Blog, Economy, Election 2016
Hillary Clinton gave a speech on the economy in Toledo, Ohio on Monday. Her primary topics, corporate predation and a broken economy, leaned left. Some of the speech's most important ideas were hidden in plain sight but could have long-lasting significance. The speech...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 3, 2016 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
The notorious Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) corporate-rights agreement is opposed by the Democratic candidate for President, the Republican candidate for President, the Democratic Party platform, all labor unions, thousands of citizen groups like faith, human...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 3, 2016 | Blog
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08OxXF_mbqg#t=80s] William K. Black Jr. speaks with Richard Eskow on "The Zero Hour." Big-bank CEOs have presided over a cornucopia of criminality in recent years. Their misdeeds are so varied and numerous that Wall Street...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 30, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
It’s 3:00am. Do you know what your presidential candidate is doing? Apparently, Donald Trump was up at 3:00am on Twitter, directing his supporters to check out an alleged sex tape. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Donald Trump, candidate for slut shame and smut peddler in...