by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 15, 2016 | Blog, Democracy, Election 2016, Jobs and Growth
Polls are open Tuesday in four cities that are listed among the 10 "worst cities for black Americans" and two of "America's most segregated cities," according to reports published last year by 24/7 Wall St. The four worst cities for black people are all in Illinois....
by Digby | Mar 14, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
I wrote this for Salon this morning: This past week we saw an escalation in the building of Donald Trump's authoritarian campaign for president. After a tumultuous week in before in which he won big after having refused to disavow the KKK, he appeared on the debate...
by Bill Scher | Mar 14, 2016 | Blog, Climate
Perhaps the most baffling aspect of the Republican presidential race is the obsession with immigration, led by Donald Trump, despite the fact that undocumented immigrant levels are at a 13-year low. But since the Republican Party is increasingly detached from the real...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 13, 2016 | Blog, Trade
Our country's "free trade" agreements have followed a framework of trading away our democracy and middle-class prosperity in exchange for letting the biggest corporations dominate. There are those who say any increase in trade is good. But if you close a factory here...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 11, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Having failed to stop Donald Trump, and facing the really possibility of a contested convention, or even a Trump nomination, Republicans are looking for someone to blame. So, who are they blaming? Barack Obama, of course. National Journal’s Josh Kraushaar wrote that...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 11, 2016 | Blog, Retirement Security
During Thursday's Republican presidential debate, here's how CNN's Dana Bash falsely framed a question about Social Security: Mr. Trump, you don't want to raise the retirement age, and you also don't want to cut benefits even for wealthier Americans. But according to...
