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...
by Richard Eskow | Mar 27, 2014 | Blog, Economy
If progressive and populist ideas resonate with most voters, some people have asked, why isn’t the Democratic Party doing better in the polls? Here’s one reason: Some of the party’s most prominent leaders are still pushing Wall Street’s unpopular and discredited...
by Bill Scher | Mar 26, 2014 | Blog
Enormous political weight is being put on what the final sign-up tally for Obamacare will be. Democrats want a strong number to show that Obamacare's individual mandate for buying health insurance is working as intended. Republicans want a weak number to show that the...
