by Robert Borosage | Dec 3, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision, The New Populism
Senator Charles Schumer sparked a back-alley Democratic Party brawl when he blamed the sinking fortunes of Democrats in 2014 on the administration’s 2009 decision to press forward on health care reform rather than staying focused on jobs and recovery. Schumer got the...
by Robert Borosage | Nov 27, 2014 | Blog
As our family gathers this Thanksgiving, I am struck by the poetry and truth in the president’s words in the speech announcing his immigration initiative: “We know the heart of the stranger. We were strangers once, too.” For my family, it began in 1906 when my...
by Robert Borosage | Nov 24, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision
The President’s historic executive action on immigration has been greeted with scripted Republican outrage, from threats to close the government (again), block all presidential appointees (what’s new?), and riots in the streets (see #coburnriots on twitter for...
by Robert Borosage | Nov 21, 2014 | Democracy
NOTE: This official statement by the Campaign for America's Future was released after President Obama announced his executive action on immigrant deportations Thursday night. President Barack Obama’s decision to waive the threat of deportation to upwards of five...
by Robert Borosage | Nov 12, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
The defining issue is this country remains how to make this economy work for working people. A sensible first step must be to put government on the side of good employers and their workers, rather than subsidizing exploitative employers. Earlier this week, the...
