by Bill Scher | May 19, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism
Over at Real Clear Politics, I offered the Republican Party advice it will not take: Cull the number of presidential candidates you put on the debate stage by how much money they raised. Republican National Committee leaders are struggling with how to limit the size...
by Leo Gerard | May 19, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Progressive Vision
Some of the biggest banks in the world are expected to plead guilty to felonies this week. Felonies! They are scandalous crimes, too: fraud and antitrust violations. Finally, America will see members of the class that crashed the economy dressed in black and white...
by Dave Johnson | May 19, 2015 | Blog
Basic facts about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) are under public dispute. Fast track must not be approved until this is cleared up. We the People deserve to know what is being voted on with fast track. The Dispute There is a big public dispute between President...
by Terrance Heath | May 18, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
Nine months after police in Ferguson, Missouri donned riot gear, and met protestors with paramilitary weapons and equipment, the Obama administration has taken its first real steps towards halting police militarization. As the president prepared for a visit to Camden,...
by Dean Baker | May 18, 2015 | Blog, Trans-Pacific Partnership
The debate over the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has taken center stage in policy circles in recent weeks. Its proponents promise a major economic bonanza from expanded trade. It's not clear that the economics supports this claim. The United States Department of...
by Richard Eskow | May 18, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Well, this is awkward. A few days ago President Obama literally laughed off Sen. Elizabeth Warren's concern that his so-called “fast track” provision, which would limit Congressional power regarding trade deals for the next six years, endangers 2010's Dodd/Frank...
