Centrist Democrats Team Up with Corporate Lobby to Undermine Overtime Rule

When President Barack Obama unveiled the final version of his new overtime rule in May, which in December is set Continue reading →

Part III of BuzzFeed’s investigative Free Trade series, plus critique of President Obama’s TPP push

By Robert A. Vella Here’s an excerpt from the third installment of BuzzFeed‘s investigative series on free trade, titled “LET’S Continue reading →

Judge in Texas temporarily blocks Obama’s transgender rules

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge in Texas is blocking for now the Obama administration’s directive to U.S. public Continue reading →

President Obama’s last-ditch effort to pass TPP puts Hillary Clinton under the microscope

By Robert A. Vella It’s crunch-time for President Obama’s neoliberal Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal.  He has two legislative windows remaining Continue reading →

Hillary wants to put TPP in her ‘rear-view mirror,’ but free trade proponents won’t let her

By Robert A. Vella Like an escaped prisoner struggling for freedom, Hillary Clinton is being slowed-down by a heavy ball-and-chain.  Continue reading →

Trade deal’s supporters counterattack

Democrats ripped President Barack Obama’s Asia Pacific trade deal in Philadelphia this week, much as Republicans had the week before Continue reading →

Empathy Alone Won’t Stop Police Killings

By Libero Della Piana President Obama gave yet another historic speech Wednesday at the mass memorial service for the five Continue reading →

Obama’s trade agenda losing critical support as McConnell calls TPP passage unlikely

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday cast deep doubt on winning approval for President Obama’s trade agenda during Continue reading →