Our nation has a penchant for creating unnecessary complexity and obstacles for its people in areas such as the tax, health insurance and student debt…

Last week, President Obama's credibility on trade policy took another punch in the neck. The President's best remaining pitch was his promise of strong enforceable standards for…

It is not often that members of Congress get the opportunity to weigh in on international trade. But negotiations over fast-track authorityfor the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)in recent…

The American people have become used to government trickery in foreign affairs—wars and interventions based on lies and falsified evidence, “national security” used to justify…

Did you know that 89 percent of all minimum wage workers in the United States are not teens?  At this point, the average age of…

“Fact and Scrutiny” So this is how Barack Obama is moving into the final 20 months of his dismal neoliberal presidency, which he once (proudly)…

If you need further proof of your democracy’s ill health, the Senate provided plenty of it this week as it began debating whether to fast…

There were some decidedly Kafkaesque aspects of the Congressional debate this week on Fast Track legislation, designed to speed through the passage of secret trade…

Liberal groups are insisting that Hillary Clinton take a clear stand against the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact that is a crucial part of President Obama’s…

We are faced here with a terrifying false dilemma because we refuse to recognize the bigger picture that includes the history of capitalism in relation…

As the predictable cycle of presidential election denial settles in, its initial focus appears to be primarily on one Hillary Rodham Clinton. Thus, I thought…

With the looming Trans-Pacific Partnership dominating the headlines, now is a good time to revisit an old scam called "free trade." In 2003, Kevin Flanagan was an…