by Joshua Holland | Nov 19, 2014 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Last summer, Barack Obama and leaders of the European Union announced that negotiations would commence on another trade deal, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), a treaty that’s gotten significantly less attention than the TPP. Also known as...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 19, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision, Tax Reform
U.S. multinational corporations are hoarding an estimated $2 trillion "offshore" to take advantage of a loophole in our tax laws. At our 35 percent top federal corporate tax rate, that represents up to $700 billion in taxes owed but "deferred" because they are...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 19, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism
Shutdown talk? Already? Republicans don't even take over the Senate until January, but already they're talking about shutting down the government. This time it's over the President's effort to provide some relief for the millions of families and thousands of...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 18, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision
The goals of the post-Ferguson movement for justice must reach beyond whether the grand jury indicts officer Darren Wilson in the death of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown. Too much depends upon its success. Over 100 days ago Wilson shot and killed Brown. In the...
by Leo Gerard | Nov 18, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Retirement Security
At a chemical plant called Point Pleasant in a town named Apple Grove in a state John Denver labeled almost heaven, a man known as Freel Tackett helped negotiate three collective bargaining agreements that provided raises and decent benefits for workers and retirees....
by Richard Eskow | Nov 18, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
[fve]http://youtu.be/lbjHRMCwh3Y?list=UUcnNWp-tx3-FaCWV4pMFTAg[/fve] We interviewed economist Dean Baker on the latest set of jobs numbers. The conclusion? Good news, but not nearly good enough. We still need a bold plan to reduce unemployment and underemployment,...
