by Sam Pizzigati | Mar 5, 2015 | Blog, Tax Reform
Nearly a quarter-century ago, in 1991, a member of Congress angry about spiraling corporate CEO compensation introduced legislation he hoped would end that spiral — and help raise stagnant American worker wages. That legislative proposal from Rep. Martin Sabo, a...
by Robert Borosage | Mar 5, 2015 | Blog, Trade
Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch just postponed the introduction of fast-track trade authority legislation until April. Fast track is designed to grease the skids for passage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement that is still being negotiated behind closed...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 5, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Opponents of fast track and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) are gaining momentum. In spite of a virtual media blackout, public awareness of the coming trade deal is increasing. More and more public-interest organizations are organizing and denouncing the rigged...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 4, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
In August, 100 social justice leaders, Members of Congress, faith leaders, artists, and activists signed an open letter to President Obama, laying out seven action areas in the wake of the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri. This week, the President’s Task Force on 21st...
by Leo Gerard | Mar 4, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Jobs and Growth
To Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, America's labor union members are the same as murderous, beheading, caged-prisoner-immolating ISIS terrorists. Exactly the same. That's what he told the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) last week. The governor said that...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 4, 2015 | Blog
[fve]http://youtu.be/ftUeX6f_wzs[/fve] Silicon Valley is an area of contrasts. When you stop at a traffic light in Silicon Valley you will often find a Maserati or Tesla on one side of you and a beaten up, 15-year-old Accord on the other. It seems there are more...
