by Dave Johnson | Feb 25, 2015 | Blog, Trade
NAFTA – the North American Free Trade Agreement – was sold with promises of jobs and prosperity on all sides of the border. What really happened was that an increased trade deficit sucked demand and jobs out of the U.S. economy; workers lost bargaining power,...
by Terrance Heath | Feb 24, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism
Last week, former New York Mayor and failed GOP presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani ruined a quiet dinner, where anti-tax Republicans were vetting Wisconsin governor and possible presidential candidate Scott Walker, when he became the latest Republican to question...
by Bill Scher | Feb 24, 2015 | Blog
According to Republicans, President Obama is failing to protect us from terrorism because he refuses to label terrorists organizations like ISIS as perpetrating "radical Islamic terrorism," preferring to say these terrorists are "perverting Islam." Sen. Ted Cruz...
by Leo Gerard | Feb 24, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
This 1943 image of a sleeping car porter employed by the Pullman Company was taken at Union Station in Chicago, Ill. by photographer Jack Delano. Courtesy U.S. Library of Congress. The billionaire Republican Governor of Illinois, Bruce Rauner, injected himself into...
by Richard Eskow | Feb 24, 2015 | Blog, Financial Reform
A lone bureaucrat has been fighting the financial industry for years, on an issue that stands at the intersection of two national challenges: investment regulation and retirement security. Along the way she's collected some new and interesting allies. Is that a sign...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 23, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Jobs and Growth
This week a new wave of protests is expected in Madison, Wisconsin, in reaction to a sudden new set of anti-worker laws from Governor Walker and the state's Republican leadership. The state's union leadership is asking people to come to the capitol on Tuesday and...
