by Dave Johnson | Sep 6, 2016 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Consumers Union, the advocacy arm of Consumer Reports, and the Consumer Federation of America, a coalition of 250 U.S. consumer organizations, both announced on Tuesday their opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The organizations sent joint letters to...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 2, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Donald Trump reverted to type with his immigration speech, delivered shortly after his visit to Mexico. After flirting with “softening” his position, the old Trump-style xenophobia was a hit with some, not with others. Hispanic Advisors to Trump, We Quit! It may have...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 2, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
The enormous, humongous US trade deficit continues to drain jobs, wages, and prosperity from our country's economy. We close factories and fire workers here, move factories and jobs there, and because the goods now cross a border our elites brag that they have...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 2, 2016 | Blog, Democracy, Economy, Election 2016
Just when you thought that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's "outreach" to African-American voters could not get more absurd, The New York Times on Thursday published the "draft script" of an interview Trump is scheduled to videorecord Saturday in...
by Burning Issues Video | Sep 1, 2016 | Burning Issues, Defense/Foreign Policy, Economy, Progressive Vision
[fve]https://youtu.be/iZYScovEivc[/fve] In the final segment of the Burning Issues video series, Robert Borosage, co-director of the Campaign for America's Future, presents a challenge to progressive leadership to continue the debate on foreign and domestic policy...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 1, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
[fve]http://youtu.be/oPStqbQG_w8[/fve] High on decibels, low on policy details and devoid of anything new, Donald Trump’s latest immigration speech was still a lurid reminder of why he must not become president. It was a chilling speech, in the sense that watching...
