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...
by Leo Gerard | Sep 6, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
China is gorging itself on steelmaking. It is forging so much steel that the entire world doesn't need that much steel. Companies in the United States and Europe, and unions like mine, the United Steelworkers, have spent untold millions of dollars to secure tariffs on...
by Janice "Jay" Johnson | Sep 6, 2016 | Blog
As this election season comes to full boil, we should remember the importance of civil disobedience to our history. It is one of the few tools ordinary people still have to organize for change. With corporations spending unlimited campaign cash, and states requiring...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 5, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Economic anxiety and inequality is contributing (as it always does) to the rise of right-wing, anti-immigrant, xenophobic and racist politics. Many of the people most hurt by the decline of unions are turning to the very politicians who want to kill unions off for...
