by Robert Borosage | Sep 15, 2014 | Blog
This November's bi-election has all the makings for a Republican wave. The president’s popularity is down. Most Americans think the country is on the wrong track; nearly half think we are still in a recession. Wages are stagnant; good jobs are scarce. The sixth year...
by Roger Hickey | Sep 15, 2014 | Blog, Trade
The subject was the two major trade agreements that elites in both U.S. political parties are negotiating with the corporate elites in other countries: the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and Trans-Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA) (also known as TTIP). The event...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 12, 2014 | Blog, Populist Majority, Tax Reform
With polls showing most Americans just hate companies that renounce their U.S. citizenship to dodge paying their taxes, the D.C./corporate-centric outlet Politico says Democrats are making a mistake by pushing this issue. Politico's article, "Democrats' whopper of a...
by Bill Scher | Sep 12, 2014 | Blog
One week from Sunday, as thousands of leaders from around the world come to New York for the UN Climate Summit, tens of thousands of concerned American citizens will be marching in the streets demanding international action to end the climate crisis. The People's...
by Jeff Bryant | Sep 12, 2014 | Blog, Education
What's wrong with this picture? During the nation's back-to-school season, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has been touring states in a bus to "highlight the champions of reform." At one stop, where he spoke to an audience of parents at a Nashville, Tenn.,...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 12, 2014 | Blog, Trade
Approximately 600 organizations have sent a formal, public letter to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) opposing "fast-track" trade promotion authority and calling for a new system for negotiating and implementing trade agreements. The letter asks...
