by Amanda Ballantyne | Jul 15, 2016 | Blog, Economy
In this time of partisan gridlock, it's rare to see a federal policy move than can be of real help to small businesses and their customers. The rule recently released by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) aimed at curbing predatory payday lending has the...
by Terrance Heath | Jul 15, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016
In appeasing the extreme right by choosing Indiana governor Mike Pence as his running mate, Donald Trump reveals how he hopes to secure enough votes to win the presidency — and how he may have to govern in order to satisfy the GOP base. With his announcement of...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 15, 2016 | Blog, Financial Reform
The idea of putting a small "Robin Hood" tax on financial transactions has been kicking around for a while, but in the last month the idea has picked up some real steam. The Financial Transaction Tax (FTT), also called a "Wall Street Speculation Tax," proposal asks...
by LeeAnn Hall | Jul 15, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
We are just days away from the Republican National Convention. Next week, the corporate elite will descend on Cleveland, Ohio, to presumably nominate a candidate whose life's work is stealing from others to build wealth for himself. By naming Donald Trump as their...
by Jeff Bryant | Jul 15, 2016 | Blog, Education
Earlier this week my colleague Richard Eskow reported on the impact the populist progressive movement led by Bernie Sanders and others is having on the Democratic Party platform to be voted on later this month at the party’s national convention in Philadelphia. Eskow...
by Terrance Heath | Jul 14, 2016 | Blog, Progressive Vision
In the three years since George Zimmerman was acquitted in the murder of Trayvon Martin and the Black Live Matter movement was born, so many more have been lost even as so much progress was made. Three years ago today, full of despair, I posted my feelings on my...
