by Robert Reich | Feb 8, 2016 | Blog, Progressive Vision
Instead of “Yes we can,” many Democrats have adopted a new slogan this election year: “We shouldn’t even try.” We shouldn’t try for single-payer system, they say. We’ll be lucky if we prevent Republicans from repealing Obamacare. We shouldn’t try for a $15 an hour...
by Jim Hightower | Feb 8, 2016 | Blog, Climate, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
One big difference between the rich and the poor in our country is that the rich don’t tend to have their drinking water poisoned by their own governor. Not that Republican Governor Rick Snyder personally dumped poison into Flint, Michigan’s water. But by dumping his...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 8, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Financial Reform
Secretary Hillary Clinton has accepted millions in "speaking fees" and campaign contributions from interest groups – most notably Wall Street firms – that she will be in a position to help or hurt as president. She promises that the money will not influence her if she...
by Richard Eskow | Feb 8, 2016 | Blog
[fve]https://youtu.be/Ro1XpTPXjV4[/fve] Economic inequality inspired Occupy Wall Street, a movement that in a few short months transformed our political discourse with the concept of the "1 percent" and the "99 percent." Today the presidential candidacy of Bernie...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 5, 2016 | Blog, Trade
The U.S. Census Bureau reported Friday that the December goods and services trade deficit was an enormous, humongous $43.4 billion. Imports were up, exports were down. The cause was a "stronger" dollar, decreased demand around the world thanks to "austerity" policies...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Feb 5, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
The headlines being generated by Friday's jobs report from the Labor Department – the unemployment rate falling below 5 percent for the first time since November 2007 – are a temptation to have policymakers and some politicians to pull their "Mission Accomplished"...
