by Jeff Bryant | Sep 25, 2014 | Blog, Education, Winning Issues for 2014
Is it possible that education is the issue that will determine whether results of the upcoming election swing the United States Senate to Republican Party control? Will there be a dramatic change in party control of state governors' offices because of how candidates...
by Robert Borosage | Sep 22, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision, Winning Issues for 2014
As the election heads into its home stretch, regular people start to tune in. In contested states and districts, they have little choice, as their TV shows are overrun with campaign spots, almost all of them negative. Much of what we’ve heard about the election is now...
by Richard Eskow | Sep 10, 2014 | Blog, Retirement Security, Winning Issues for 2014
A new poll confirms that voters don’t just want their Social Security benefits protected, they want them expanded – in overwhelming numbers, across geographical distances, and crossing all party lines. It’s not just “liberals” who feel that way. Three out of four...
by Richard Eskow | Sep 8, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Winning Issues for 2014
Investors got some great news last Friday, even as the report for job seekers was far worse than expected. August job figures came in far below economists’ expectations (which, even if reached, would have been insufficient to bring a swift end to our employment...
by Richard Eskow | Sep 5, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Winning Issues for 2014
“We’re a movement now,” fast-food worker Latoya Caldwell said Wednesday of the effort by employees in her industry to raise their minimum wage to $15 per hour. That movement's latest action was a one-day strike which took place in 150 cities across the country on...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 26, 2014 | Conservatism, Tax Reform, Winning Issues for 2014
There is legislation before Congress to do something about corporations renouncing their US "citizenship." The odds are that Republicans will block it -- and not just because they have obstructed everything else. There is a wave of news about corporations using a...
