by Terrance Heath | Mar 4, 2016 | Blog, Current Issues, This Is The GOP
After Thursday night’s performance in Detroit, the next Republican presidential debate may as well be held in a middle school boys locker room. It couldn’t have been more juvenile, even if the candidates ran around the stage snapping towels at one another. Coming on...
by Bill Scher | Mar 4, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016
Donald Trump is not supposed to be like other politicians. He's refreshing. He's not beholden to anyone. He tells it like it is. This is wrong. He is the worst kind of politician. He is megalomaniacal phony. He will say anything to anybody to satisfy his thirst for...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 4, 2016 | Blog, People's Budget, Progressive Vision
The Congressional Progressive Caucus has released its People's Budget for fiscal 2017, featuring a $1 trillion commitment to rebuilding America's infrastructure that includes billions of dollars to replace water lines in Flint, Mich., and elsewhere. The budget is...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 4, 2016 | Blog, Trade
The U.S. Census Bureau reported Friday that the January goods and services trade deficit was an enormous, humongous $45.68 billion. The January goods deficit was $63.7 billion, offset by an $18 billion services surplus. Both imports and exports were down, but exports...
by Robert Borosage | Mar 4, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
The monthly Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report offered good news with 242,000 new jobs created in February, while headline unemployment remained at 4.9 percent. February marked a record 72 months of private sector jobs growth, with some 12.5 million more jobs now...
by Robert Reich | Mar 3, 2016 | Blog, Economy, Progressive Vision
Not day goes by, it seems, without the mainstream media bashing Berney Sanders’s economic plan – quoting certain economists as saying his numbers don’t add up. (The New York Times did it again just yesterday.) They’re wrong. You need to know the truth, and spread it....
