by Dave Johnson | Jan 11, 2016 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has provisions that allow corporations to sue governments for laws and regulations that limit profits. The cases bypass national court systems and are heard by "corporate courts" with the governments allowed no appeal. These...
by Jeff Bryant | Jan 11, 2016 | Blog
2015 will forever be remembered as the year the political establishment was shaken by the populist-driven presidential candidacies of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders. But it should also be remembered as the year another established order was forever altered by change,...
by Liz Ryan Murray | Jan 11, 2016 | Blog, Economy, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
In South Carolina on Saturday, the Republican candidates for president got together to discuss what they would do to address poverty in America. If you missed it, they promised that if elected they would do everything in their power to make things worse by cutting...
by Terrance Heath | Jan 8, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
When President Obama introduced his executive actions on gun control, he wept as he talked about Sandy Hook Elementary. Wingnuts couldn’t understand why he would still cry over 20 dead first graders. It took a long time. It took over 20 mass shootings since Barack...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 8, 2016 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Thursday's post, "Why You Should Pay Attention To The ‘Friedrichs’ Supreme Court Case," looked at the issues in the Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association case: This time it is a case involving the rights of public-employee unions to charge employees a fee for...
by Robert Borosage | Jan 8, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Amid the clamorous tumult of global stock markets, the December Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report offers reassuring stability – 292,000 new jobs with the headline unemployment rate steady at 5 percent. The U.S. has now enjoyed a record 70 months of private sector...
