by Robert Borosage | Aug 28, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Reviving Strong Unions
On Labor Day, families gather, politicians pay tribute to values of hard work, and some workers even get an extra day off. But this Labor Day arrives with working families struggling to stay afloat. Working family incomes haven’t gone up in the 21st century....
by Robert Borosage | Aug 13, 2014 | Blog, Winning Issues for 2014
Are Democrats the party of future change or the party of past accomplishment? Are they fighting for what needs to be done or touting what has already been done? Is the economy on the right track or is it rigged to benefit the few and not the many? Are Democrats...
by Robert Borosage | Aug 11, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision
No surprise, Americans are in a foul temper. In an August NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, 71 percent considered the country on the wrong track. Nearly half thought the economy was still in recession. Over three-fourths were not confident their children’s generation will...
by Robert Borosage | Aug 7, 2014 | Blog, Populist Majority, Progressive Vision
Should populists declare victory and go home? Despite money-drenched politics, Washington gridlock, the richest few capturing virtually all the income growth in the economy and corporations deserting the country to avoid taxes, the fanciful notion that populists have...
by Robert Borosage | Jul 23, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision, The New Populism
The 2016 election is two-and-one-half years off, but already Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee, is getting pummeled. Her book tour, designed to provide soft interviews burnishing her record as secretary of state, has been plagued by missteps. She’s...
