by Terrance Heath | Sep 9, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
If Donald Trump wasn’t the Republican nominee, what would it take for his words and actions to be labeled treason? In fact, why does no one dare call it treason? It was bad enough when Trump invited Russia to engage in cyber-espionage against the United States, just...
by Robert Reich | Sep 9, 2016 | Blog, Economy, Health
What can be done to deter pharmaceutical companies from jacking up prices of critical drugs? To prevent Wall Street banks from excessive gambling? To nudge CEOs into taking a longer-term view? To restrain runaway CEO pay? Answer to all four: Fulfill Bill Clinton’s...
by Gail Ablow | Sep 9, 2016 | Blog, Progressive Vision
Over the past month, thousands of protesters, including Native Americans from more than 100 tribes across the country, have traveled to North Dakota to help the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe block the Dakota Access Pipeline from being built. Last week, the Standing Rock...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 8, 2016 | Blog, Economy
You're a small business. You struggle to compete against the giants like the Walmarts, the Caterpillars, the Apples... On top of the advantages they have with their economies of scale, their nearly unlimited financing and ability to attract the top talent, their size...
by Martha Burk | Sep 8, 2016 | Blog, Defense/Foreign Policy, Gender Justice
Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton sparred separately on military matters with back-to-back appearances on NBC’s Commander-in-Chief Forum on Wednesday. Trump stuck with his usual empty bombast, assuring a meek Matt Lauer that he would fix things up...
by Jeff Bryant | Sep 8, 2016 | Blog, Education
As parents and students reenter public schools for a new year, they're hearing a lot about "school choice." Having "choice," they're told, lets parents send their kids to schools other than their assigned neighborhood school, such as a charter school, a magnet school,...
