by Robert Borosage | Jun 11, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Push has come to shove on the fast-track trade bill. The vote is slated for Friday. The unholy alliance of Republican leaders, multinational corporate lobbies and the White House – does not yet have the votes in hand. So the fever of deal making, rule inventing,...
by Bill Scher | Jun 10, 2015 | Blog
With an year-and-a-half left to go in the Oval Office, President Obama and his Environmental Protection Agency continue to crank out plans to cut our carbon emissions before the clock runs out. Today, the EPA issued a legal finding that compels the agency to develop...
by Donald Kaul | Jun 10, 2015 | Blog, Democracy
When Dennis Hastert was indicted for trying to cover up some $3.5 million in hush money payments to a man he’d allegedly sexually abused decades ago, Washington was shocked. I wasn’t. I was shocked that Hastert, who’d spent the better part of his life in public...
by Terrance Heath | Jun 10, 2015 | Blog, Democracy, Economy
Police violence against unarmed African Americans occurs against a too-often-ignored backdrop of economic disparity that both fuels and informs the resentments and racial tensions behind the events. As Rep. Keith Ellison wrote in an oped for The Guardian, encounters...
by Richard Long | Jun 9, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
The battle over fast-track trade authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership is coming down the home stretch. It's not clear as of this writing when the House vote will be, but the expectation is that House Republican leaders will call a vote as soon as they believe...
by Leo Gerard | Jun 9, 2015 | Blog, Current Issues, Democracy
Americans know the ugly truth about money in politics. Though the wealthy conceal payoffs through dark money deposits into political pockets, it’s no secret to the American public that the rich are buying the government. The extent of Americans’ cynicism about...
