by Richard Eskow | Jun 16, 2016 | Blog, Retirement Security
Years ago a political scientist said that the mass media can't influence what people think, but it can influence what people think about. Today it does both. If you’re a billionaire who wants to manipulate public opinion, that means you’ll keep feeding it stories that...
by Bill Scher | Jun 15, 2016 | Blog
Speaker Paul Ryan deserves a modicum of credit for calling out Donald Trump on his racist statements. But there's a reason why Ryan still plans to vote for Trump: the huge overlap they have on policy. Their approach to the environment is Exhibit A. Trump believes that...
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...
