by Frank Clemente | Nov 30, 2015 | Blog, Tax Reform
Pfizer doesn't play pfair. The recent announcement that it would renounce its American identity and become an Irish company -- thereby dodging billions of dollars in taxes -- is just the latest in a string of shady deals and sleazy behaviors by the pharmaceutical...
by Bill Scher | Nov 30, 2015 | Blog, Climate
President Barack Obama and leaders from nearly every country are in Paris today to begin international climate talks that are widely expected to produce an agreement to cut global greenhouse gas emissions. Such an agreement will represent a huge step forward in the...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 25, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
The release of the video of Laquan McDonald’s death, and the murder charges against the Chicago police officer who killed him, show how much has changed since Ferguson, and how much still needs to change. This week, something happened that Chicago officials spent a...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 25, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Vietnam is already snubbing the unenforceable labor provisions in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Voice of America reports, in "Vietnam Beating Case Highlights TPP Labor Rights Issue": A Vietnamese labor activist has accused authorities of beating and detaining...
by Jeff Bryant | Nov 25, 2015 | Blog, Education
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton recently shook up the education policy world when she challenged one of the pillars of the education establishment for the last 10 to 15 years, that teachers' job evaluations and pay should be linked to how students –...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 24, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism
Here's something (not) to look forward to: Thanksgiving dinner with your family in the time of Trump. This week you're heading home to spend quality time with your family. Of course, your right-wing brother-in-law (RWBIL) is going to be there, spouting off quotes from...
