by Mary Green Swig | Steven L. Swig | Richard Eskow | Oct 12, 2016 | Blog, Education, Student Debt Relief
Mary Green Swig Steven L. Swig Richard Eskow Once upon a time this country thought big. We survived the Great Depression, fought the Second World War, rebuilt Europe on the Marshall Plan … and provided tuition-free education for college students. Ask anybody from that...
by Bill Scher | Nov 4, 2015 | Awards Gala 2015, Blog, Progressive Vision
[fve]https://youtu.be/V-KecXkNC7E[/fve] Scott Wallace, Co-Chair of the Wallace Global Fund, accepted the "Progressive Champion" award at the annual 2015 Awards Gala Celebrating America's Future with a thought-provoking speech honoring his grandfather Henry Wallace....
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 28, 2015 | Awards Gala 2015, Progressive Vision
[fve]https://youtu.be/uI_WV7WaS10[/fve]WATCH: Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks at the Campaign for America’s Future Awards Gala Tuesday night after receiving its Progressive Champion Award from organization co-director Robert Borosage. Sen. Elizabeth Warren...
by Jeff Bryant | Oct 26, 2015 | Awards Gala 2015, Blog, Education
In 2004, Democrats were enraged when Rod Paige, U.S. Secretary of Education under George W. Bush, called teachers unions “terrorist organizations.” According to accounts written at the time, Paige made the remark “in a private White House meeting with governors while...
by Terrance Heath | Oct 26, 2015 | Awards Gala 2015, Blog, Progressive Vision
National People's Action has developed a reputation for not being content to simply hold rallies on the streets outside of symbols of political power. In the words of NPA vice president Bobby Tolbert, “We like to take the crisis to the people who created it.” That...
by Robert Borosage | Oct 23, 2015 | Awards Gala 2015, Blog, Progressive Vision
Time Magazine hails Sen. Elizabeth Warren as the “sheriff of Wall Street.” Her effectiveness stuns the powers that be. Fox News’ Melissa Francis says people on Wall Street think, “Elizabeth Warren is the devil.” Bill O’Reilly fulminates that she’s a “socialist,” yet...