by Richard Eskow | Aug 18, 2016 | Blog, Retirement Security
I’ll say this for them: The Wall Street billionaires and corporate CEOs behind the "Campaign to Fix the Debt" have a lot of nerve. Once again they're using cheap scare tactics, along with some manipulative “nudging,” to drum up support for cutting Social Security...
by Robert Reich | Aug 18, 2016 | Blog, Health, Progressive Vision
The best argument for a single-payer health plan is the recent decision by giant health insurer Aetna to bail out next year from 11 of the 15 states where it sells Obamacare plans. Aetna’s decision follows similar moves by UnitedHealth Group, the nation’s largest...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 18, 2016 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
President Obama is trying to get a vote on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) during the "lame duck" session of Congress that will take place after the election. We can help stop this by getting enough Democrats on the record as opposing the TPP. In particular, we...
by Miles Mogulescu | Aug 18, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
As Sen. Elizabeth Warren is fond of saying, “personnel is policy.” With a Hillary Clinton victory looking increasingly likely, the question of what types of personnel Clinton would appoint to top administration positions becomes increasingly crucial to defining what...
by Jeff Bryant | Aug 18, 2016 | Blog, Education
"You can exhale now," the headline in Salon reassures, because "kids have more money than ever to spend on school stuff this year." The reason for Salon's celebratory tone is that a national survey every year by the National Retail Federation finds that preteens...
by Terrance Heath | Aug 17, 2016 | Blog, Progressive Vision
After years of campaigning and organizing, domestic workers in Illinois are celebrating victory. On Tuesday Gov. Bruce Rauner signed the Illinois Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights into law, guaranteeing basic workplace protections. #DWDignityIL #Victory! Big TY to...
