by Dave Johnson | Apr 21, 2016 | Blog, Trade
Yes, much of Donald Trump's message has a white nationalist and anti-woman character to it. But here is a warning: If Hillary Clinton is going to be the Democratic nominee she had better get tough on trade – and mean it. One of Donald Trump' main elements of appeal to...
by Justin Talbot-Zorn | Apr 21, 2016 | Blog, Economy, People's Budget
In recent years, the Congressional Progressive Caucus has spearheaded policy ideas, from debt-free college to the $15 minimum wage, that have gained incredible momentum from city halls to presidential debate stages. Predictably, Republicans’ responses to these ideas...
by Terrance Heath | Apr 21, 2016 | Blog, Progressive Vision
On Tuesday night, our neighborhood in Montgomery County, Md., had no water. It had been temporarily turned off between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. by the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, as workers worked to replace the decades-old water mains that run beneath the busy...
by Robert Reich | Apr 20, 2016 | Blog, Financial Reform
Why is there so little discussion about one of Bernie Sanders’s most important proposals – to tax financial speculation? Buying and selling stocks and bonds in order to beat others who are buying and selling stocks and bonds is a giant zero-sum game that wastes...
by Bill Scher | Apr 20, 2016 | Blog, Climate
The historic international Paris climate agreement will be formally signed by 155 nations on Earth Day this Friday, but scientific reports since the pact's forging in December that indicate a more urgent climate crisis are renewing the question of whether the...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 20, 2016 | Blog, Trade
China is producing much more steel than the country and the world can use, and is "dumping" it onto international markets. But when China was confronted with the dumping charge at a conference in Brussels this week, the Chinese government refused to back down. The...
