by Richard Eskow | Aug 24, 2016 | Blog, Progressive Vision
Sometimes you win. That can be an unfamiliar sensation for people on the left. When you fight for good causes, against powerful forces and overwhelming odds, you lose a lot of battles. But sometimes you win. Take last week's announcement from the Justice Department...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 24, 2016 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Calling the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) a "trade" deal (it isn't) the corporate community and the Obama administration are also trying to sell it as important for national security. Recent op-eds make a strong case that this is just wrong. First, Brigadier General...
by Hannah Gelder | Aug 24, 2016 | Blog, Progressive Vision
Shutting down intersections as a tactic for interrupting the status quo and bringing attention to an issue has been used in organizing since time immemorial. But a classic action in Chicago on Monday had a different twist. Over 200 people shut down a downtown...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 23, 2016 | Blog, Economy, Progressive Vision, Tax Reform
Are We the People the boss of giant multinational corporations, or are they the boss of us? Imagine, if you will, going to the IRS and saying, "I don't think the tax rate is fair so I'm not going to pay it." Regular Americans can't do that. But Apple just did. Apple's...
by Terrance Heath | Aug 23, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Contrary to recent headlines, Donald Trump isn’t reaching out to African-Americans. He isn’t even talking to us. He’s talking past us, and saying exactly what his alt-right base wants to hear him saying to black folks. Donald Trump is telling African-Americans that...
by Sarah Jaffe | Aug 23, 2016 | Blog, Democracy, Progressive Vision
At a press event in Kingston, New York, a Hudson Valley community about 90 miles north of Manhattan, the local Democratic congressional candidate, Zephyr Teachout, earlier this month called for a debate. But not with her Republican opponent, John Faso. Instead she...
