by Joshua Ferrer | Jul 24, 2015 | Blog, Current Issues, Progressive Vision
After over two months as an announced presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT.) has for the first time come out for substantive sentencing reforms. In an interview with MSNBC on Wednesday, Sanders said “We need to take a look at mandatory minimum sentences,...
by Joshua Ferrer | Jul 24, 2015 | Conservatism, Jobs and Growth, This Is The GOP
It’s been a big week for American workers. On Wednesday, progressives introduced bills in the House and Senate to increase the federal minimum wage to $15 and, in a letter, called on Obama to issue an executive order raising the minimum wage of federal contract...
by Joshua Ferrer | Jul 22, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
In less than two months, Republicans will starve the middle class and increase poverty levels again if their budget is passed. They will slash billions of dollars from necessary programs that stabilize our middle class, leaving more people jobless, hungry, and...
by Joshua Ferrer | Jul 17, 2015 | Health
Alaska’s Republican-turned-Independent Governor Bill Walker unilaterally moved today to accept federal funds for a Medicaid expansion. Alaska will become the 31st state, plus the District of Columbia, to accept money made available from the Affordable Care Act to...
by Joshua Ferrer | Jul 16, 2015 | Democracy
President Obama will make history today when he becomes the first sitting president to visit a federal prison. The visit is the latest in a series of speeches and events this week aimed at drawing attention to the need for criminal justice reform. On Monday, Obama...
