by Dave Johnson | Feb 18, 2016 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman went to California's Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute and aquarium to promote the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Froman claimed that TPP would be good for the environment, and Monterey's local economy. A trade...
by Jeff Bryant | Feb 18, 2016 | Blog
There's a dangerous myth being perpetrated that the American public has given up on publican education. Those making this claim point to the swelling enrollments of charter schools and the spread of school vouchers that allow parents to transfer their children out of...
by Robert Borosage | Feb 18, 2016 | Blog, Economy, Election 2016
Listening to the presidential debates would suggest that the only foreign policy challenges that the U.S. faces are ISIS, Syria and a touch of Ukraine. Accelerating catastrophic climate changes – already costing hundreds of billions in damage and destabilizing...
by Bill Scher | Feb 17, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
In the Democratic presidential nomination race, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are in a tight race for Nevada, but Clinton is far ahead in South Carolina and 10 of the early March contests. A Sanders win in Nevada could change those numbers, but the likelihood...
by Bill Scher | Feb 17, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016
Conventional wisdom states that Republicans have every political reason to block anyone President Obama nominates for the Supreme Court. Any Republican who voted for an Obama nominee could face a primary challenge. The people who care most about judicial battles are...
by Robert Reich | Feb 16, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
I’m writing to you today to announce the death of the Republican Party. It is no longer a living, vital, animate organization. It died in 2016. RIP. It has been replaced by warring tribes: Evangelicals opposed to abortion, gay marriage, and science. Libertarians...
