by Robert Borosage | May 28, 2014 | Blog, The New Populism
A powerful new populist challenge is emerging from the reality of an economy that is not working for working people. It is expressed not by the Koch-funded, rabidly anti-government Tea Party, but by the new populists, inside and outside the Democratic Party. Sen....
by Robert Borosage | May 22, 2014 | Blog, Populist Majority, The New Populism
These remarks were prepared for delivery at The New Populism Conference in Washington, May 22, 2014. What is the new populism? The Princeton dictionary defines populism as “a political doctrine that supports the rights and powers of the common people in their struggle...
by Robert Borosage | May 16, 2014 | Blog, Populist Majority
“The game is rigged and the American people know that. They get it right down to their toes.” — Senator Elizabeth Warren The game is rigged in ways big and small, as the powerful act to protect and extend their privileges. Business as usual in Washington is testament...
by Robert Borosage | May 8, 2014 | Blog, Health
Partisan politics can cost lives. Partisan passions blind petty politicians to the human costs of their actions. Today, 24 state legislators and governors have refused to expand Medicaid to cover poor working people in their state – even though the Federal government...
by Robert Borosage | May 2, 2014 | Blog
The topline of the April BLS jobs report – a better than expected 288,000 jobs added, with the unemployment rate plummeting to 6.3% – will be celebrated, particularly in contrast to the collapse of growth in the first quarter (initially estimated at 0.1% but likely...
