by Bill Scher | May 15, 2014 | Blog
If you think the immigration reform battle is over, you are wrong. Yesterday, right-wing conservatives including Grover Norquist and Tea Party Express co-founder Sal Russo ratcheted up the pressure on House Republicans to pass reform that includes legal status for the...
by Dave Johnson | May 15, 2014 | Blog, Populist Majority, The New Populism, Trade
So-called "free trade" agreements have been used to strengthen the power of giant corporations, weaken democratic government and deliver fear to American workers. These agreements enabled the corporate elite to say to Americans, "If you complain about pay or benefits...
by Roger Hickey | May 14, 2014 | Blog
We hope you will register and attend the New Populism conference on May 22. Sen. Elizabeth Warren will give us a great keynote. And all day we will participate in sessions with an impressive group of leaders. See details below. Seats are going fast, so please...
by Dave Johnson | May 14, 2014 | Blog, Trade
There has been a surge in steel imports, as companies in other countries try to make up for low demand by selling steel in the US at below-market prices. This is putting hundreds of thousands of American jobs – and our steel industry – at risk. Our government needs to...
by Richard Eskow | May 14, 2014 | Blog, Populist Majority, The New Populism
Even as the Campaign for America’s Future prepares for its May 22 conference on the New Populism in Washington, attacks on populism keep coming from all directions. One of the latest salvos to be publicized comes in an anecdote about former President Bill Clinton. As...
by Terrance Heath | May 13, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision
The conditions that made Ferguson, Mo., a powder keg waiting for a spark didn’t happen overnight, and it will take more than putting cameras on cops to prevent the “next” Ferguson. An NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) forum — “The...
