by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 7, 2016 | Conservatism, Jobs and Growth
House Speaker Paul Ryan ended up overshadowing his own efforts Tuesday to highlight the Republican Party's proposals for overhauling aid programs for low-income people by telling reporters that he was still planning to endorse and vote for a presidential candidate...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 2, 2016 | Retirement Security
President Obama on Wednesday did a remarkable 180-degree turn on Social Security, and since we have been dogging him for his earlier failed attempt at a "grand bargain" that would have cut Social Security benefits for future seniors, let's give credit where credit is...
by Isaiah J. Poole | May 26, 2016 | Blog, Education
The false god of school vouchers has been unmasked once again, this time by a Brookings Institution study that says students in Louisiana and Indiana using vouchers to attend private and religious schools ended up doing worse on reading and math scores than their...
by Isaiah J. Poole | May 25, 2016 | Blog, Financial Reform
[fve]https://youtu.be/ff8GZXOuWIs[/fve] Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) helped kick off the "Take On Wall Street" campaign on Tuesday by detailing the work that remains undone by the Dodd-Frank financial reforms that were signed into law six years ago. "The rules that...
by Isaiah J. Poole | May 24, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Financial Reform
More than 20 progressive organizations representing millions of voters are putting their weight behind a five-point agenda for the next stage of Wall Street reform. What these groups will formally announce Tuesday, in an event featuring Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth...
