by Leo Gerard | Jul 7, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Businesses always find big bucks for the boss. He wants a raise; he gets it. No problem. For workers whose sweat of the brow produces profits, well, somehow there's never a cent for them. In fact, last week when President Obama proposed making more workers eligible...
by Robert Borosage | Jul 7, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Greek Crisis
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will present a new Greek proposal to the Europeans today, but there are few reasons for hope. The European Central Bank announced yesterday that it would not provide increased liquidity to Greek banks, insuring that they will remain...
by Robert Reich | Jul 6, 2015 | Blog, Health
The Supreme Court’s recent blessing of Obamacare has precipitated a rush among the nation’s biggest health insurers to consolidate into two or three behemoths. The result will be good for their shareholders and executives, but bad for the rest of us – who will pay...
by Bill Scher | Jul 6, 2015 | Blog
One hundred and fifty years ago today, 12 weeks after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, The Nation magazine was born and immediately called for President Andrew Johnson to exercise his power and enshrine "the right of the negroes to the franchise." I know this...
by Robert Borosage | Jul 6, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Greek Crisis, Progressive Vision
The Greek people have stood up. By an overwhelming margin, they rejected the harsh, unending, austerity that the “Troika” – the International Monetary Fund, the European Union and the European Central Bank – dictated for them. They stood with the leaders they had...
by Jeff Bryant | Jul 6, 2015 | Blog, Education
It's Tuesday evening, and people have come to church — but not for religion. What's bringing people to Green Mountain United Methodist Church in the heart of Lakewood, Colorado, is a meeting modestly titled "Church and society: Stand up for students." In a cramped,...
