by Jeff Bryant | Sep 18, 2015 | Blog, Education
Teachers unions are routinely vilified by pundits and politicians on the right and left these days. So when schoolteachers in Seattle began the school year by going on strike, the editorial board of The Seattle Times was quick to accuse the teachers of “demanding too...
by Bill Scher | Sep 18, 2015 | Blog, Election 2016
After Carly Fiorina said at the Republican debate, "If you want to stump a Democrat, ask them to name an accomplishment of Mrs. Clinton," Politico Magazine tested the proposition and asked 20 Democrats. I was asked, and I was not stumped. Here is my contribution:...
by Robert Borosage | Sep 18, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism
Before turning on the Republican debate on Wednesday night, I had begun writing an article on Hillary Clinton’s alarmingly bellicose foreign policy ideas. But Hillary’s hawkish stance is a portrait of restraint in contrast to the adolescent muscle flexing and locker...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 17, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
Private prisons with a profit incentive to put more and more people in jail? Lobbyists exerting influence against releasing prisoners so their companies can make more money? Contracts requiring governments to imprison a certain number of people for a minimum amount of...
by Bill Scher | Sep 17, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
You might think that three hours is enough time for a presidential debate to offer up ideas on how to grow the economy. You might think that a group of 11 people with such varied backgrounds – two CEOs, three senators, five current and former governors and one doctor...
by Richard Eskow | Sep 16, 2015 | Blog, Economy
As of midday today, it remains unclear whether or not the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates on Thursday. If it does, it will be the first time rates have been raised since June 2006. Why is this even a matter of debate? For one thing, it appears that the Fed...
