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Clinton’s Pre-Iowa Assault On Sanders’ Medicare-For-All Plan
Clinton’s Pre-Iowa Assault On Sanders’ Medicare-For-All Plan → Read More
Will Obama Push Unpopular TPP In State Of The Union Speech?
Will the President provide a positive, progressive message for the future in his last State of the Union address, or will he continue to push the wildly unpopular, corporate/Wall Street-written Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)? → Read More
Supreme Court Appears Ready To Bankrupt Public-Employee Unions
If the corporate/billionaire class gets its way — and it looks like they will — the terrible inequality you see in the country today is nothing compared to what’s coming. → Read More
Keystone, Food Labeling Cases Demonstrate TPP’s Threat To Democracy
Two recent cases demonstrate the danger to democratic government from investor-state dispute provisions in trade agreements. → Read More
Freidrichs Case Not Just About Unions
The Freidrichs case is not just about unions; it is also setting up an argument against separation of church and state. → Read More
Why You Should Pay Attention To The ‘Friedrichs’ Supreme Court Case
The argument is that since unions protect workers, paying fees for union services violates the "free speech" of those who support concentrated wealth and power. → Read More
November’s Enormous, Humongous Trade Deficit Continued Economic Damage
This enormous, humongous trade deficit sucked a quarter of a percent from quarterly economic growth and will continue to drag down job prospects, wages and living standards. → Read More
The Infrastructure Cure For The Economy
The economy suffers from lack of demand. → Read More
‘Break ‘Em Up’: Bernie Sanders Offers Tough Wall Street Reform Plan
"Under my administration, Wall Street CEOs will no longer receive a get-out-of jail free card," Sanders says just blocks from Wall Street. → Read More
Debate Schedule Is Allowing GOP To Frame Election Narrative
Democrats should demand that the Democratic National Committee schedule several more debates and schedule them at a time when most people can and will watch. → Read More
The Country Is Moving Left
2015 marked a year of change in a progressive direction. → Read More
Lack Of Public Options Shows How Economy Gets Rigged Against Us
In a country with a Constitution beginning with the words, "We the People," should our economy work for all of us instead of just a few of us? → Read More
Citizens Deliver 150K Petitions Demanding Postal Banking
We can continue to have a rigged system that enables and encourages predators to take advantage of the public, or we can offer public options that protect and provide services for the public. → Read More
Budget Deal: Republicans In Service To Oil Companies, Never The Public
With a Republican Congress, every budget battle is about ratcheting down the things our government does to make our lives better. → Read More
Don’t Be Misled; The TPP Is Still Coming Full Steam
Do not be misled about reports that a Trans-Pacific Partnership vote is being delayed. → Read More
CEO Pay Soars As Worker Pay Stagnates
According to Executive PayWatch data, U.S. CEOs pocketed, on average, $11.7 million in 2013, compared to the average worker who earned $35,293. That means CEOs were paid 331 times that of the average worker. (CEO pay was 774 times the minimum wage.) → Read More