by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 7, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
The economy created another 215,000 new jobs in July, another tepid performance in a generally tepid economic recovery. We are continuing to reap the consequences of the conservative obstruction in Congress that has blocked the critical policies we need for real job...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 6, 2015 | Democracy
As fate would have it, the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act coincides with the first 2016 Republican presidential nomination debate. This confluence is important, for the people who will stand on the debate stage in Ohio are among those who are...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 5, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
[fve]https://vimeo.com/135133696[/fve] As an expert on nuclear weapons issues who has served on the staff of the House Armed Services Committee and the State Department's International Security Advisory Board, Joe Cirincione has been involved in numerous discussions...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 3, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Democracy
This weekend gave us another one of those every-four-year stories about this presidential election being the one in which the Republican Party finally breaks through and wins more than a one-in-10 share of the black vote. The latest version of this story came from The...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 31, 2015 | Tax Reform
A broad coalition of progressive organizations is pushing back against the lawmaker in line to be the next Senate Democratic leader and a plan he has endorsed to overhaul the corporate tax rules. The Campaign for America's Future joined 55 other organizations in...
