by Dave Johnson | Apr 4, 2016 | Blog, Democracy, Election 2016
Republican voter suppression turned Arizona's primary into a fiasco that forced people to wait in five-hour-long lines to vote. Many were turned away. Wisconsin Republicans are also disenfranchising citizens with laws designed to discourage voting by groups that might...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 4, 2016 | Blog, Progressive Vision
[vimeo 160296205 w=500 h=281] Rev. William Barber, best known for leading North Carolina's Moral Monday movement, is launching a 15-state tour of the country, called "The Revival: Time for a Moral Revolution of Values." Denise Oliver Velez, writing at Daily Kos, in...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 1, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
The March jobs report is out, and the news seems pretty good at first. But when you dig deeper it is the same old story: lower-to-middle-wage job gains, many higher-wage job losses. Gains in retail and food services. But there were losses again in manufacturing....
by Dave Johnson | Mar 31, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Trade
Trade is again an issue in a midwestern primary state. The Wisconsin primary is Tuesday and Senator Bernie Sanders is pounding on his opposition to trade deals that have closed factories and cost jobs. A new poll shows this could be his path to success with voters....
by Dave Johnson | Mar 30, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
"We knew the tech industry was booming, but we weren't seeing that translate into an abundance of jobs for our communities - until we looked at the low-wage jobs in contracting industries. Those are growing fast, just like tech profits are. It's no wonder that one in...
