by Richard Long | May 2, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Populist Majority, Progressive Vision
Part of the case that presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has been making for pressing his campaign through the convention can be found in a poll of young voters released last week by the Harvard Institute of Politics. That poll of over 3,000 respondents reveals two...
by Richard Long | Feb 3, 2016 | Financial Reform
If the adage, "Those that do not learn history are doomed to repeat it" is true, what would happen if the lessons learned did not change your behavior? What if bad behavior was rewarded? Can we take steps to ensure that we have learned, and our history will not repeat...
by Richard Long | Jul 9, 2015 | Education
The drumbeat grows louder for candidates to issue a plan to tackle the $1.3 trillion behemoth that is student debt, with former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley issuing his debt-free college solution Wednesday. O’Malley’s proposal comes after Vermont Senator Bernie...
by Richard Long | Jun 26, 2015 | Democracy, Populist Majority
It took a while, but law finally caught up to public opinion. In this morning’s historic ruling on same-sex marriage, the Supreme Court came around to an idea that the public had been supportive of for years. Marriage equality is now the law of the land, and despite...
by Richard Long | Jun 9, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
The battle over fast-track trade authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership is coming down the home stretch. It's not clear as of this writing when the House vote will be, but the expectation is that House Republican leaders will call a vote as soon as they believe...
