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...
by Harvey J Kaye | Aug 16, 2015 | Blog
The Second World War ended 70 years ago this past weekend. Americans had fought for the Four Freedoms – Freedom of speech and expression, Freedom of worship, Freedom from want, Freedom from fear – the vision or promise of a postwar world that President Franklin...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 14, 2015 | Blog, Trade
China had been setting a too-low exchange rate for their currency, thereby exporting unemployment. Then early this week their bank made a move and the currency plunged. The next day another plunge, then another. China declared this was because they are allowing their...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 14, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Divide and conquer works. When you face a strong enemy it's always a good strategy to find ways to break them apart into smaller units that can be fought separately. A state initiative to gut California's public-employee pension and healthcare benefits is trying to do...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 14, 2015 | Blog, Retirement Security
Some things never change. “The lash of the dictator will be felt," a Republican House member said in 1935 when Social Security was first proposed. “Social Security is the delinquent child of the left,” a Fox News commentator said this week, “that grew up to be an evil...
