by Eric Lotke | Oct 13, 2015 | Blog, Current Issues, Progressive Vision
Private prisons are a cancer. Private prisons make money by locking people up, and the more people they lock up for more time, the more money they make. Private prisons are morally distasteful, they don't save money, and they have historic performance problems. But...
by Leo Gerard | Oct 13, 2015 | Blog, Current Issues, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Some terms of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the 12-nation trade proposal completed last week, are so repulsive that the New Zealand trade minister who helped negotiate the scheme described accepting them as swallowing dead rats. Here’s what New Zealand Minister...
by Robert Borosage | Oct 13, 2015 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Will a policy discussion break out in the Democratic presidential debate tonight? Not if CNN’s moderators can help it. Already the pundits are dreading an exchange focused on ideas rather than insults. No Donald Trump to bait and goad. No Carly Fiorina to provoke....
by Dave Johnson | Oct 9, 2015 | Blog, Health
You may have heard about the "Cadillac tax" health insurance thing. As with so much else involved with the health care/insurance discussion, policymakers have chosen wording that causes most people to tune out. Terms like "Cadillac tax" have little meaning to regular...
by Terrance Heath | Oct 9, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
House Speaker John Boehner has a recurring nightmare about being stuck, unable to move. The complete implosion of the race for his successor this week might mean Boehner’s nightmare is coming true. It was going to be a smooth exit. Figuring that meeting the Pope was...
by Bill Scher | Oct 9, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
For Politico Magazine, I analyzed the recent shift in position by Hillary Clinton on the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Here's an excerpt: While Hillary Clinton is probably lying about her newfound opposition to President Barack Obama’s trade deal, that doesn’t tell us...
