by Robert Borosage | Dec 19, 2014 | Blog, Populist Majority
The debate in the Democratic Party is being framed in much of the mainstream media as a struggle between a “pragmatic center” that wants to “get things done” and an angry populist wing – led by Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Sherrod Brown and others – that...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 19, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision
We're told that Hillary Clinton is spurning something her advisers call the “anti-Wall Street” movement and will run instead on a platform of “working across the aisle” with Republicans. Her camp is suggesting, without much evidence and against the lessons of recent...
by Robert Reich | Dec 18, 2014 | Blog, Financial Reform
A few years ago, hedge fund Level Global Investors made $54 million selling Dell Computer stock based on insider information from a Dell employee. When charged with illegal insider trading, Global Investors’ co-founder Anthony Chiasson claimed he didn’t know where the...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 18, 2014 | Blog, Trade
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is emerging as a champion in the fight over provisions the upcoming Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement that could undermine our (and other) country's ability to keep the giant multinational corporations under control....
by Bill Scher | Dec 18, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism
With former Florida Governor Jeb Bush "actively exploring" a run for president, much of the initial analysis centers on the question if he is too moderate to win the Republican primary. The more important question is if Jeb is too conservative to win the general...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 18, 2014 | Blog, Trade
Again and again we are promised jobs and economy gains from trade deals. Instead we get job losses and trade deficits. Next year the giant multinationals are going to try to sell us another trade deal by promising jobs and prosperity. And they're going to push fast...
