by Dave Johnson | Mar 23, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
As Congress prepares to consider fast track legislation to essentially pre-approve (without reading) the still-secret Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) opponents are working to get the word out and register opposition. Seattle's city council is preparing to vote on a...
by Robert Borosage | Mar 23, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
The editors of The Boston Globe called on Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren to run for president this weekend, joining over 300,000 “Run Warren Run” activists who have already built the largest field operation of any candidate in Iowa. The Globe argues that it would...
by Roger Hickey | Mar 23, 2015 | Blog, Education
The following are statements issued by the U.S. Student Association and the Education Trust. From: Maxwell Love, President, U.S. Student Association Alexandra Flores-Quilty, Vice President, U.S. Student Association FRIDAY, MARCH 20th, 2015 As you might have heard,...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 20, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism
Last week, Rep. Aaron Schock (R, Illinois) was defiant. “I’m not going anywhere,” the 33-year-old congressman assured everyone, despite the growing scandal over his lavish spending habits and questionable business dealings with his donors. This week things got so bad...
by Richard Eskow | Mar 20, 2015 | Blog, Retirement Security
Rep. Chris Van Hollen, the ranking Democrat on the House Budget Committee, is running for the Senate seat currently occupied by Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski. He is also running from his record – as a supporter of the “Simpson-Bowles” plan to cut Social Security and...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 19, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
[fve]https://youtu.be/B0xUvTpGTps[/fve] I took on the "TPP Tradenado" this past weekend when I joined my OurFuture.org colleague Richard Eskow on his radio show, The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow. The topic was trade, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), Trade Promotion...
