There were no theatrics. No single women came in to protest life’s travails, no displaced workers told of the factory shut down. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s Democratic Steering and Policy Committee Forum was government as it should be. Serious people hard at work. more »
America grew up investing in its land and its people. Today, our post-World War II infrastructure is starting to decay, and so is the educational system that helped build our modern middle class. This report comprehensively examines our investment deficit. It documents yesterday’s achievements, today’s problems and tomorrow’s solutions. more »
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The earth has a limited abilty to sustain more people, living in increasing affluence, and using increasingly destructive technologies. There are many scientific and government papers reporting that both our national and global populations are over that limit by a factor of two or three -- even if we stop using fossil fuels immediately. more »
I've written about U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials' schoolyard antics before, but the recent news that ICE is planning to deport a California high school valedictorian just affirms my view that these immigration authorities need to get out of the schools. more »
Bush and his conservative allies have fought for years to squelch direct federal assistance to college students. Let’s remind the media, bloggers, and local activists where conservative policy has taken us and explain the progressive alternatives. more »
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