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...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 26, 2014 | Blog, Retirement Security
A new Gallup poll shows seniors moving from the Democratic to the Republican party. Why has this happened? The poll, headlined "U.S. Seniors Have Realigned With the Republican Party," says: U.S seniors – those aged 65 and older – have moved from a reliably Democratic...
