by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 13, 2016 | Blog, Climate
Bolstered by an extraordinary order from the Obama administration to halt construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline at a site considered sacred and environmentally vulnerable by Standing Rock Sioux in North Dakota, thousands upon thousands of pipeline opponents will...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 12, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
"Outsourcing is the smoking gun of the rigged economy." — Robert Kraig, Executive Director of Citizen Action of Wisconsin. Companies extort tax breaks and subsidies by threatening to withhold jobs. After their demands are met, they instead outsource the promised jobs....
by Jeff Bryant | Sep 12, 2016 | Blog
As parents, students and teachers celebrate the start of a new school year, many communities across the country are facing the pain of having their schools permanently closed. Politicians and policy leaders—Democrats and Republicans alike—support dealing with schools...
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...
