by Richard Eskow | Nov 12, 2015 | Blog
Several recent news articles have suggested that, in the words of a Washington Post headline, “there’s … a big economic fight happening in the Democratic Party.” It’s true. The corporate-friendly policies of the party’s more conservative wing have fared poorly, both...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 12, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
When talking about trade and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), Republican candidate Donald Trump was correct about China. In the fourth Republican debate that took place in Milwaukee Tuesday, a moderator asked about Trump's opposition to TPP. ● Moderator: "... the...
by Bill Scher | Nov 12, 2015 | Blog
In Tuesday's debate, both Rand Paul and Jeb Bush tried to offer a new Republican approach to climate, and both got tied up in knots. Back in February, with an eye towards expanding the Republican party appeal with young voters, Paul voted for a Senate amendment that...
by Jeff Bryant | Nov 12, 2015 | Blog, Education
The "big economic fight" in the Democratic Party that news outlets are reporting isn't confined to economics. The link above takes you to a story in the Washington Post explaining how a "populist wing" in the Democratic Party is rebelling against the conventional...
by Sam Pizzigati | Nov 12, 2015 | Blog
Americans live longer today than we used to live, sometimes a lot longer. Just over 32,000 centenarians called the United States home in 1980. In 2010, we had more than 53,000 Americans in triple digits. This trend line — longer and longer lives for more and more...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 10, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
The biggest question leading up to the fourth GOP presidential debate is which Ben Carson will show up tonight? Will it be the mild-mannered, soft-spoken retired neurosurgeon, or the defensive fabulist and conspiracy theorist? Perhaps Ben Carson’s biggest problem has...
