by Dave Johnson | Mar 28, 2016 | Blog, Trade
On Monday, yet another "elite" pundit tells us that moving our jobs and factories and manufacturing ecosystem out of the country is good for us. This time it is Neil Irwin writing at the New York Times' Upshot, "The Trade Deficit Isn’t a Scorecard, and Cutting It...
by Bill Scher | Mar 28, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Tenacity and flexibility is helping California workers get a raise. Despite labor activists having won an hourly minimum wage increase to $10 in the state three years ago, and despite the reluctance for another raise from Gov. Jerry Brown, a compromise between the...
by Robert Borosage | Mar 28, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Bernie Sanders routed Hillary Clinton in three Western states on Saturday. He isn’t just winning; he’s winning with stunning percentages: Alaska 82-18; Hawaii 70-30; Washington 73-27. He’s taken five of six in the West, and chipped away Clinton’s lead in pledged...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 25, 2016 | Blog, Trade
Bernie Sanders' and Donald Trump's campaign criticisms of our country's disastrous trade policies are resonating with voters. In response there has been a flurry - a blizzard - of op-eds from noted celebrity, "establishment" pundits, explaining that moving millions of...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 25, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism
The dust had not yet settled, the smoke had not yet cleared, and the body count had not yet begun before right-wingers used the terrorist attacks in Brussels to spout their usual brand of bigotry. Normally, when there’s a mass shooting or an act of right-wing...
by Jeff Bryant | Mar 25, 2016 | Blog, Education
After years of electing people who declare that “government is the problem” and who avow to “drown it in a bathtub,” the results are apparent that, yeah, government might not work so well when you have people who hate it in charge. New reports reveal that years of...
