by Robert Borosage | Mar 31, 2014 | Blog
“Populist pitch fizzles,” reads the breathless headline of The Hill, a publication catering to beltway insiders. Obama’s popularity is sinking; two-thirds of voters think the country is on the wrong track; and the Democratic majority in the Senate looks increasingly...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 28, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
When workers want to vote on joining a union, companies typically start a long, grueling process of bringing in professional anti-union consultants to do what they need to do to delay and hopefully stop them. So the National Labor Relations Board ruled that union...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 28, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
This week, they didn’t come any nuttier than Americans For Prosperity’s Jennifer Stefano, who clashed with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes. There was more than enough good news for Obamacare to drive right-wingers around the bend. Stephano didn't hold back. After Hayes' detailed...
by Bill Scher | Mar 28, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Unemployment Benefits
When Speaker John Boehner really wants to get something done, he gets it done. If Congress did not act before Tuesday, doctors would face a 24 percent cut in their Medicare reimbursement rates. With the Senate yet to act, Boehner did not have any time to spare. But...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 27, 2014 | Blog, Trade
Thursday the AFL-CIO released a new report, NAFTA at 20. The report makes the point that, “On the whole, NAFTA-style agreements have proved to be primarily a vehicle to increase corporate profits at the expense of workers, consumers, farmers, communities, the...
by Jeff Bryant | Mar 27, 2014 | Blog, Education
America was shocked, shocked, by new data from the U.S. Department of Education last week showing that a child's education destiny in the nation's public schools is strongly determined by race. As a report in The New York Times put it, the new data revealed that...
