by Dave Johnson | Apr 12, 2016 | Blog, Financial Reform
If you don't have a bank account – and millions of American's don't – how do you cash a check or pay a bill? Even if you do have a bank account, how do you get a small loan in an emergency? One survey showed that as many as 63 percent of Americans would be strapped to...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 12, 2016 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Saying they are "alarmed by the implications for access to medicines [created by] the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)" a coalition of 50 groups concerned with public health sent a letter asking Congress to oppose the so-called "trade" agreement. The groups say that...
by Leo Gerard | Apr 12, 2016 | Blog, Economy, Jobs and Growth
Grandma skips meals. Her house is always cold. She barely skimps by, subsisting on just Social Security because of a bunch of pension-killing CEOs and self-dealing financial “advisers.” The U.S. Labor Department offered some rules last week to help grandma with half...
by Mary Green Swig | Steven L. Swig | Roger Hickey | Apr 12, 2016 | Blog, Education
A new wave of activism against student debt is on the move again this week. The students taking the lead represent the advance guard of an even more massive army that is mobilizing around the idea that higher education should be an investment we make as a society....
by Bill Moyers | Apr 11, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Progressive Vision, This Is The GOP
April 8, 2016 This post first appeared on BillMoyers.com. Bruce Springsteen announced earlier today via Twitter that he is canceling his performance in North Carolina this weekend because of the organized assault by the state legislature against human rights. Bruce...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 11, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Hillary Clinton has a credibility problem when it comes to our country's trade policies and the resulting enormous, humongous trade deficits that measure job loss – especially with regard to the Trans-Pacific Partnership. But Clinton has a chance to shore up her...
