by Dave Johnson | Mar 31, 2017 | Blog
Say anything - literally anything - to sway working-class voters. Get elected, then loot the country. Hey, it worked for this guy. If there was a singular issue Trump campaigned on, it was trade. Everywhere he went, Trump swore the North American Free Trade Agreement...
by Jeff Bryant | Mar 2, 2017 | Blog
President Donald Trump is being praised for a change in tone in his recent address to Congress, but his belligerent attitude toward public education hasn't changed a bit. While it's true he stopped short of repeating his claims that public schools are "broken" and a...
by Dean Baker | Feb 3, 2017 | Blog
During his presidential campaign Donald Trump frequently talked about how he used campaign contributions as payoffs to advance his business interests. He boasted that if you give politicians money they have to do what you want. In an apparent effort to further advance...
by Jeff Bryant | Feb 2, 2017 | Blog
Betsy DeVos had a rocky Senate confirmation hearing in committee before the panel split along party lines while voting to send Trump's nominee for education secretary to the full Senate. Subsequently, two Republicans who took part in the hearing, Susan Collins of...
by Miles Mogulescu | Jan 23, 2017 | Blog
The Women's March (or should I say Marches) were among the most inspiring events of my lifetime. As a middle aged man who has been marching for social and economic justice since I was very young, I was proud to follow the leadership of strong women expressing not...
