by Dave Johnson | Nov 10, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a lot more than a "trade" deal. Among other things, it includes provisions that limit how governments can regulate corporations and allows corporations to sue governments in "corporate courts" that bypass the sovereignty of...
by Leo Gerard | Nov 10, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Jobs and Growth
Americans who once earned family-supporting wages working in factories, foundries and mills across this country began destroying themselves at a shocking rate five years after implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). That’s because such deals...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 9, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
In Ben Carson Republicans have found a candidate who truly makes George W. Bush look like an intellectual giant, and yet another representative of a right-wing culture where belief is more important than knowledge. In May, I wrote a post titled “Ben Carson’s 13...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 9, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Many in Congress have been concerned about the effect of currency manipulation on our country's ability to sell things to the world. They demanded that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) outlaw the practice. The administration promised that the TPP and accompanying...
by Bill Scher | Nov 9, 2015 | Blog
After the Democrats lost the Kentucky governor's race last week, following the Republican down-ballot triumphs in the 2010 and 2014 midterms, declarations that the Democratic Party is dead quickly made the rounds. The implication is that Barack Obama's two...
by Bill Scher | Nov 9, 2015 | Blog, Climate
President Obama's decision to reject the permit for the Keystone oil pipeline is a major victory for the environmental movement, but as activist leaders fully recognize, killing one project is not enough to save the climate. Now is the time to use the momentum from...
