by Terrance Heath | Aug 6, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
August 9 will mark one year since officer Darren Wilson shot and killed unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. Too many black lives are still lost to police violence, but movements are now demanding that black lives matter. Some things have changed in...
by Sam Pizzigati | Aug 5, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
The sourest person in the nation’s capital today just may have been Daniel Gallagher, one of the five commissioners who set policy for the Securities and Exchange Commission, the top federal watchdog over companies that trade on Wall Street. Over Gallagher’s surly...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 5, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
[fve]https://vimeo.com/135133696[/fve] As an expert on nuclear weapons issues who has served on the staff of the House Armed Services Committee and the State Department's International Security Advisory Board, Joe Cirincione has been involved in numerous discussions...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 5, 2015 | Blog, Trade
The U.S. Census Bureau reported Wednesday that the June goods and services trade deficit was an enormous, humongous $43.8 billion. This is an increase from May's enormous, humongous $40.9 billion trade deficit. The monthly U.S. goods deficit with China fell a bit in...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 5, 2015 | Blog, Trade
In the December post, Enougher is Enougher: ANOTHER Citi Nominee, I wrote about the nomination of Marisa Lago to be deputy U.S. trade representative: Ms. Lago was Global Head of Compliance for Citigroup’s corporate and investment bank from 2003 to 2008. She also...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 5, 2015 | Blog, Trade
I had a conversation over the weekend about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). She's for it, because "more trade is always good." TPP covers a whole lot more than what we would think of as "trade." Regardless, let's look here at the idea that expanding trade is...
