by Bill Scher | Nov 18, 2015 | Blog
Conservative writer Matt Lewis laments the end of the Bobby Jindal presidential campaign, noting his "decision to run away from his strengths as an experienced policy expert. He might have been issuing detailed policy papers, but—on the campaign trail and debate...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 18, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
The right-wing response to the Paris terror attacks is predictably hysterical, racist and xenophobic. It’s everything the terrorists could possibly want, and a distraction from a very real threat. The world is still reeling from the terrorist attacks in Paris, which...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 17, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
The day before the Paris terrorist attacks, "the Paris of the Middle East" – Beirut – was attacked by ISIS. Terrorist set off two bombs in a busy shopping area, killing more than 40 people and injuring more than 240. Then, on Sunday, a string of ISIS bombs in Baghdad...
by Leo Gerard | Nov 17, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Trade
Over the past several weeks, as Alcoa and Century cut aluminum production nationwide, James Markus, a 23-year-veteran aluminum worker, acutely felt the pain of those laid off. That's because just two years ago, in October of 2013, Markus and 750 fellow aluminum...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 17, 2015 | Blog, Financial Reform
The Glass-Steagall Act came up as a major point of disagreement between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton during Saturday's Democratic presidential debate. The act, which was originally enacted in 1933, separated risky trading and investment from traditional banking...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 16, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Our government has contracted (as in privatized or outsourced) with a British-owned, anti-union company to operate the U.S. Senate cafeteria. The company pays so little that many employees are on public assistance; at least one was homeless. Meanwhile the company is...
