by Dave Johnson | Apr 26, 2016 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) went dormant in Congress after election season began. It became clear that the public despises our country's corporate-dominated "trade deals" that let companies just lay people off and close factories here to take advantage of...
by Sam Pizzigati | Apr 26, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Tax Reform
Overcrowded classrooms. Crumbling bridges. Shuttered libraries. These have become our everyday realities after over a generation of tax-cutting political bravado. A shrinking middle class. Rising dead-end poverty. The splurges of a new super rich. These have also...
by Leo Gerard | Apr 26, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Jobs and Growth, This Is The GOP
Alan White couldn’t shout jubilation from the rooftop on March 25 when he heard that the U.S. Department of Labor, after decades of trying, had finally issued a stricter rule to limit exposure to potentially deadly silica dust in workplaces. He was happy, all right....
by Richard Eskow | Apr 26, 2016 | Blog, Financial Reform
Regulators recently rejected plans from five too-big-to-fail banks, saying they haven't found a way to go bankrupt without relying on taxpayers to bail them out. If they can't fix it, they're supposed to be broken up. So why are we suddenly debating the very concept...
by Terrance Heath | Apr 25, 2016 | Blog, Progressive Vision
In his poem, “For My Own Protection,” the late black, gay poet Essex Hemphill wrote: I want to start an organization to save my life. If whales, snails, dogs, cats Chrysler and Nixon can be saved, the lives of Black men are priceless and can be saved. We should be...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 25, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Silicon Valley is a region of sharp contrasts: ● The region's top tech firms made a record $103 billion in profits in 2013. ● One in three Silicon Valley households do not make enough money to meet their most basic needs. ● There are well-compensated tech employees...
