by Dave Johnson | Jun 15, 2016 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
“Working people everywhere have had enough. The TPP is nothing short of a corporate takeover of our democracy. That’s why people are rising up to stop it. Corporate lobbyists want to sneak the TPP through Congress quietly; that means it’s time for us to get loud.” --...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 15, 2016 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
There is a clause in many "free-trade" agreements allowing corporations to sue governments in corporate courts for passing laws, regulating and other things that might limit their profits. Never mind if the people of a country want to do something to make their own...
by Robert Borosage | Jun 15, 2016 | Blog
The last Democratic primary – the District of Columbia – took place on Tuesday. Bernie Sanders met with Hillary Clinton that night. He announced he would address his supporters online on Thursday. The chattering class is abuzz with speculation on what Bernie will do....
by Leo Gerard | Jun 14, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016
Donald Trump threw a temper tantrum when labeled a small-hands man because he believes everything about him is huge: big wealth, big wall, big mouth. There's some evidence he thinks expansively about business because he built a billion-dollar empire out of what he...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 14, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Economy, Election 2016
Donald Trump touts his business "success" as a major qualification for running the country. So how does Trump run his businesses and what does this mean for the country? And what about this idea that government should be run like a business, anyway? The Republican...
by Robert Reich | Jun 13, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
[fve]https://youtu.be/r1tSgUtBfOc[/fve] The Republican Party still has time to change its mind. Right now it’s supporting for President of the United States a man 1. who divides us by race and ethnicity and religion. He says undocumented Americans “bring drugs,...
