by Derek Pugh | May 21, 2013 | Student Debt Relief
As part of their latest effort to rebrand the GOP as a more caring party, House Republicans are scheduled this week to put forward a student lending bill called the "Smarter Solutions for Students Act." But the label is misleading. A more appropriate name would be the...
by Derek Pugh | May 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
In the latest round of atrocities committed by conservatives, Republicans on the House Agriculture Committee sent to the House floor a farm bill on Wednesday that offers little food for families while dishing out corporate subsides. In protest, organizational leaders...
by Derek Pugh | Apr 22, 2013 | Uncategorized
The Pew Charitable Trust’s fourth annual report on "Who’s Winning the Clean Energy Race?" doesn’t give the United States much to celebrate on this Earth Day. The report, released last week, finds that the United States is no longer the global leader in renewable...
by Derek Pugh | Apr 22, 2013 | Climate
The Pew Charitable Trust’s fourth annual report on "Who’s Winning the Clean Energy Race?" doesn’t give the United States much to celebrate on this Earth Day. The report, released last week, finds that the United States is no longer the global leader in renewable...
by Derek Pugh | Apr 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
“Tell me I’m your national anthem.” That was the theme of the hundreds of environmentalists and labor union members gathered today at the BlueGreen Alliance’s annual conference in Washington. They wanted to remind President Obama and Congress that the middle class is...
