by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 26, 2012 | Blog
Eric T. Schneiderman, the New York attorney general who is co-chairing President Obama's investigative working group on the mortgage crisis, told members of the House Progressive Caucus that he is beginning to get the resources he needs to hold the people who caused...
by Jeff Bryant | Apr 26, 2012 | Blog, Education
So the "general election has begun" proclaims The Hill, and the exhortations from the punditry are for candidates to either, shore up their base or move to the center. One interesting bit of advice, coming from more than one source, is for the candidates to "talk...
by Jeff Bryant | Apr 26, 2012 | Blog, Education
This week President Obama derided the draconian budget conceived by Rep. Paul Ryan and endorsed by the clear frontrunner in the Republican presidential primary, Mitt Romney, as “laughable,” a “radical vision,” and "nothing but thinly veiled Social Darwinism.” But...
by Jeff Bryant | Apr 26, 2012 | Blog, Education
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, notorious for his flip-flops on a broad array of issues, seems to maintain this tendency when he's addressing policies governing education and public schools. But it would be a big mistake to conclude that there is not at...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 26, 2012 | Blog
In today's Progressive Breakfast: Republicans say student-loan interest rates are high because of "Obamacare." House Republicans are trying to block the Violence Against Women act, using a ruse. They oppose the Dream Act and offer a false compromise to make it look...
