by Burning Issues Video | May 3, 2016 | Burning Issues, Defense/Foreign Policy
[fve]https://youtu.be/uPzFqfa4UQY[/fve] Danielle Brian, the executive director of the Project on Government Oversight, highlights the reasons why our Pentagon budget is so bloated in this Burning Issues segment. One simple answer: It's politics. The way the Pentagon...
by Dave Johnson | May 3, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Trade
[fve]https://youtu.be/Y3ttxGMQOrY[/fve] Sometimes an event comes along that crystallizes people's awareness of an issue. It is just the right things at the right time. The layoffs at the Indianapolis Carrier air conditioner factory are an example of this kind of...
by Burning Issues Video | May 2, 2016 | Burning Issues, Economy, Election 2016, Financial Reform
[fve]https://youtu.be/TGl3p6cVSCU[/fve] The Panama Papers, which opened a window into the world of secret bank accounts and money flows, help reveal the extent to which the global financial system is rigged to favor the wealthy and powerful, says Eryn Schornick,...
by Richard Long | May 2, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Populist Majority, Progressive Vision
Part of the case that presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has been making for pressing his campaign through the convention can be found in a poll of young voters released last week by the Harvard Institute of Politics. That poll of over 3,000 respondents reveals two...
by Terrance Heath | Apr 29, 2016 | Blog, This Is The GOP
Nobody but nobody drops an album like Beyoncé. The lady single-handedly changed the game on how albums are released, and showed herself to be a savvy marketer. This week, after dropping multiple hints, Beyoncé finally dropped her latest, a 13-track collection called...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 28, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Trade
Is it really "extreme" to think we should have fair trade policies? The New York Times on Tuesday published a story by Nelson D. Schwartz and Quoctrung Bui, "Where Jobs Are Squeezed by Chinese Trade, Voters Seek Extremes," reporting that, "research to be unveiled this...
