by Jeff Bryant | Sep 15, 2017 | Blog
This year, there's a certain type of “back-to-school” news story you’re bound to see in local newspapers. The stories typically start with: “[Student A] goes to school in her pajamas, and [student B] often does her lessons with a pet dog or cat on her lap.” Instead of...
by Sam Pizzigati | Sep 15, 2017 | Blog
Sometimes a headline writer can get carried away. Way away. “Paychecks hit high for middle class,” shouted out the front-page headline of this past Wednesday’s Washington Post print edition. In fact, “paychecks” in the United States — the wages workers receive for...
by Jeff Bryant | Sep 15, 2017 | Blog
While the vast majority of American parents are addressing Back to School season by buying supplies, readying their children, and joining with other families in preparing for a hopefully successful new year, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is traveling...
by Mark Trahant | Sep 14, 2017 | Blog
Bernie Sanders has introduced his version of health care reform, a plan he calls “Medicare For All.” At least fifteen Democrats have signed on as co-sponsors to the single-payer plan. “This is where the country has got to go,” Sanders told The Washington Post. “Right...
by Robert Borosage | Sep 14, 2017 | Blog
First came Donald Trump’s threats to build a massive wall on the U.S .border with Mexico. Then the Muslim ban, his disgraceful response to Charlottesville, and his pardon of Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Now Trump has amped up his racially divisive politics by rescinding the...
by Bernie Horn | Sep 13, 2017 | Blog
We are about to embark on a nationwide debate over taxes. Newspapers want to call this a debate over “tax reform.” It is not. Progressives should never say “tax reform” and never accept this phrase as the basis for debate. Whether it’s a matter before federal, state...
