by Dave Johnson | Sep 7, 2016 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) warned Wednesday that the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS or "corporate court") provisions of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will give big, multinational corporations "leverage" to "threaten and intimidate governments that...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 7, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
North Carolina Republican consultant Carter Wrenn plainly spelled it out: if African-Americans voted Republican, voter ID laws like his state's “monster law” wouldn’t have happened. “Look,” Wrenn told The Washington Post, “if African-Americans voted overwhelmingly...
by Miles Mogulescu | Sep 7, 2016 | Blog, Democracy, Election 2016
For this unenthusiastic Hillary Clinton voter—and I’m sure I’m not alone—there are two main reasons for voting for Hillary and urging others to do the same. The first is to keep Donald Trump’s tiny fingers away from the nuclear codes and to prevent a racist,...
by Bill Scher | Sep 7, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Much of the presidential race has centered on temperament and character, and understandably so as Donald Trump's racially divisive rhetoric casts a shadow over the entire campaign. But we are electing a president here, and what the candidates have to say about the...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 6, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Trade
Before "globalism," countries kept a lot of their problems to themselves. But now they can easily spread the pain. "Free trade" is letting China disrupt the world's steel industry. China was booming. Investment in infrastructure, housing and industry was going...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 6, 2016 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Consumers Union, the advocacy arm of Consumer Reports, and the Consumer Federation of America, a coalition of 250 U.S. consumer organizations, both announced on Tuesday their opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The organizations sent joint letters to...
