by Dave Johnson | Oct 6, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Countries negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) say they have reached a deal. So here it comes. Monday morning it was announced that a "Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal Is Reached," presented as much as a foreign policy success as a "trade" deal. "The...
by Terrance Heath | Oct 2, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
This week, a bunch of Republican Congressmen made fools of themselves during their own hearing to bring down Planned Parenthood. The GOP war on Planned Parenthood continued to follow the pattern of its anti-ACORN campaign this week, as what began with deceptively...
by Robert Reich | Oct 2, 2015 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
The Washington Post just ran an attack on Bernie Sanders that distorts not only what he’s saying and seeking but also the basic choices that lie before the nation. Sanders, writes the Post’s David Fahrenthold, “is not just a big-spending liberal. And his agenda is...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 2, 2015 | Blog, Education, Election 2016
The differences between the college financing plans offered by Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton are important – both for their impact on the middle class, and for what they tell us about the candidates and their governing philosophies. Elementary and high school...
by Terrance Heath | Oct 1, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
As John Boehner eyes the exit, the line-up for the post-Boehner House GOP leadership is all white, all male, and as extreme as they wanna be. House Republicans will vote for new leadership in just one week. House Speaker John Boehner’s decision to resign from Congress...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 1, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Vice President Joe Biden is considering a run for president. But Biden is currently working behind the scenes to push the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which most (if not all) core Democratic-aligned groups will likely oppose. Can Biden run for president as a...
