by Richard Eskow | Jun 27, 2014 | Blog, Economy
A lot of people know the old quote which says “predicting is hard, especially about the future.” Granted, everybody gets it wrong sometimes, but this time our economists were really wrong. We were told the economy grew slightly in the first quarter of this year. Now,...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 26, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
An effort to move forward legislation in the Senate to pay for national transportation projects stalled today because Senate Republicans are insisting on spending cuts to match the funds we need to fix our roads, bridges and public transit. It's more proof that...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 26, 2014 | Blog, Trade
There will be a number of rallies and other events over the July 4 Congressional recess, focused on members of Congress in their home districts. These events will be to protest the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the proposed "fast track" process that essentially...
by Jeff Bryant | Jun 26, 2014 | Blog, Education
When politicians and pundits take to the barricades to defend "wonderful charter schools," is this what they're thinking of? A recent article in a Minnesota newspaper reported about a change in state law that could imperil the existence of a charter school that serves...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 26, 2014 | Blog, Trade
A fight in Congress over the Export-Import Bank has broken out between U.S. businesses that export goods and "small government" tea party Republicans who believe government shouldn't do anything to help American-based businesses export to the rest of the world,...
by Robert Borosage | Jun 26, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision
The launch of Hillary Clinton’s undeclared candidacy for president – in the form of the roll-out of her memoir, "Hard Choices," an astounding two and a half years prior to the election – has been marked by big media and silly gaffes. Tin-eared and thin-skinned,...
