by Leo Gerard | Aug 18, 2015 | Blog, Trade
Confronted with a dire situation, a world power last week took strong action to secure its domestic jobs and manufacturing. That was China. Not the United States. China diminished the value of its currency. This gave its exporting industries a boost while...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 17, 2015 | Blog
Businesses are run for a profit that goes into the pockets of the business' "investors." To be an investor requires that you have money. This is a rigged system that by definition channels the returns and gains of our economy to the people who have money in the first...
by Bill Scher | Aug 17, 2015 | Blog
Republicans used to brag about their "deep bench" of governors, diligently solving problems in contrast to the dysfunction happening in Washington. No more. All four sitting governors running for president -- Scott Walker, Chris Christie, Bobby Jindal and John Kasich...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 17, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown has put a "hold" on the nomination of Marisa Lago to be deputy U.S. trade representative. Brown says that his trade advisor is not allowed to see text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) unless he is present. The secrecy surrounding TPP...
by Robert Borosage | Aug 17, 2015 | Blog
America lost a giant this weekend when Julian Bond left us at 75. And CAF lost a friend, a founder, a mentor and a guide. Julian lived a large life, devoted to making America better. And we all are beneficiaries of his work and his wisdom. He came to his calling...
by Roger Hickey | Aug 17, 2015 | Blog
America has lost a great leader, and many of us lost a good friend. By the time Julian Bond was 20 years old, he had helped lead the sit-in movement that began dismantling official segregation in Atlanta and he had left the academic life of Morehouse College to help...
