by Jeff Bryant | Apr 18, 2016 | Blog, Education
Everyone talks about the "do-nothing Congress" and how Republican obstruction has neutered the federal government. But recently there was one policy area where warring parties in Congress actually settled their differences. Late last year, both houses passed and...
by Robert Borosage | Apr 18, 2016 | Blog, Tax Reform
Tax day. In the District of Columbia, the main post office stays open until midnight. Taxpayers who waited until the last moment line up to get a receipt showing they filed on time. America’s civic ritual. But not everyone participates. America’s major corporations –...
by Terrance Heath | Apr 15, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Governor Pat McCrory’s sleight of hand won’t fix North Carolina’s anti-LGBT law, save his political career, or keep his state from hemorrhaging jobs and money. If it isn't repealed, the state might find itself literally "out of business." To hear Republican North...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 15, 2016 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Last year President Obama went to Nike headquarters to promote the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). But Nike doesn't make shoes in the US, and TPP would force companies like New Balance to stop making shoes here. New Balance kept quiet about this, but now says the...
by Robert Borosage | Apr 15, 2016 | Blog
Last night’s CNN Democratic presidential debate in Brooklyn was both contentious and clarifying. It was contentious because the each candidate has had it with the other. Clinton is aggravated that Sanders has been surging and irritated that he keeps pointing out that...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 15, 2016 | Blog, People's Budget, Progressive Vision
The House Republicans, who under the leadership of their new speaker, Rep. Paul Ryan, was supposed to prove this year that they could govern and not merely obstruct, has failed one of its most important tests. The Republicans are so divided they can't even bring their...
