by Dave Johnson | Aug 2, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Jobs and Growth
Austerity is officially dead, at least at the presidential candidate level. Congress? We'll have to wait and see. Both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are talking about increased spending on public infrastructure. Hillary Clinton has launched her post-convention...
by Terrance Heath | Aug 1, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Donald Trump’s response to a well deserved rebuke form the parents of a Muslim-American war hero should lead Republicans to ask whether their candidate has, at long last, no sense of decency. It was a moment that shook the Democratic convention. With his wife Ghazala...
by Robert Reich | Aug 1, 2016 | Blog, Economy, Progressive Vision
In her speech accepting the Democratic nomination, Hillary Clinton said the nation was at “a moment of reckoning.” She’s right, but the reckoning is not simply the choice voters face this fall between her and Donald Trump. The real reckoning is larger and it will...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 1, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Hillary Clinton offered a strong economic platform at last week’s Democratic National Convention. She promised to boost employment and wages with large-scale investments in infrastructure and green jobs. She declared her opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership...
by Terrance Heath | Jul 29, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
While Hillary Clinton was shattering that glass ceiling, Donald Trump pulled off a first of his own: the first presidential candidate to invite a cyber attack against the United States. This presidential election long ago entered the realm of “You Just Can’t Make This...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 29, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
The long-abused cafeteria workers of the U.S. Senate, who risked their jobs to fight to earn a living wage only to have the private contractor that runs the cafeteria renege on an order to increase their pay, won a key victory this week. The Labor Department declared...