by Bill Scher | Aug 15, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Retirement Security
Eighty-one years ago Sunday, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act and created the one of the most enduring and consequential programs from the New Deal. This year, the program has a wonderful birthday present. Neither presidential candidate...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 15, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Automation will undoubtedly transform the workforce, the economy, and society as a whole. Robotics, sophisticated "AI" software, and other technologies will cause lasting and profound changes in the future. But that's no reason to ignore the problems we're facing...
by Terrance Heath | Aug 12, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Is suggesting that Second Amendment advocates assassinate Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton enough for Republicans to finally renounce their endorsements of Donald Trump? You already know the answer. This week, Donald Trump went where no presidential...
by Kathy Mulady | Aug 12, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Tax Reform
What does Donald Trump have to hide? The New York Times interviewed tax and real estate experts and reports that it’s likely the billionaire and Republican presidential candidate pays zero taxes – legally – taking full advantage of the loopholes available to the...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 12, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
[fve]https://youtu.be/_m1p5h1lFOg[/fve] One day after presidential candidate Hillary Clinton strongly underscored her opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership in a speech in Detroit, President Obama officially started the clock on a lame-duck congressional vote on...
by Robert Borosage | Aug 12, 2016 | Blog, Economy, Election 2016, Jobs and Growth, Progressive Vision
This week, a policy debate threatened to break out in the presidential campaign. Amid the insults (“crooked Hillary,” “unfit Trump”), purblind lunacy and rolling scandals, invented and real, the two presidential candidates traveled to Michigan to lay out contrasting...
