by Jeff Bryant | Aug 24, 2017 | Blog
A recent headline from CNN that declares "schools throughout the country are grappling with teacher shortages" may seem like a rerun to anyone who's been paying attention to news about public schools over recent years. "A perennial issue," an article in Education Week...
by Robert Borosage | Aug 24, 2017 | Blog
After Steve Bannon departed the White House on August 14, he contacted The Weekly Standard to make a bold proclamation. “The Trump presidency that we fought for, and won, is over,” the administration’s now-former chief strategist said. “We still have a huge movement,...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 24, 2017 | Blog
Dear Ms. Linton, This has undoubtedly been a difficult couple of days for you, both as a person and as the wife of the United States Treasury Secretary. Nobody enjoys the sudden onrush of hostile attention that comes when something they’ve said goes viral, and not in...
by Libero Della Piana | Aug 23, 2017 | Blog
The rabid, racial-nationalist Trump was on full display in Phoenix Tuesday night, in a speech CNN’s Don Lemon called “A total eclipse of the facts.” The Phoenix Trump stood in sharp contrast to the more conciliatory Trump we heard just one night before, in his...
by Miles Mogulescu | Aug 22, 2017 | Blog
Let's be clear here. Whenever Trump, his family, administration or campaign, or Putin and his envoys, talk about “Russian adoptions,” they're really talking about U.S. sanctions on Russia. So if Trump, members of family, administration and campaign discussed...
by Jeff Bryant | Aug 21, 2017 | Blog
Progressive political candidates and office holders have had little to say about school vouchers and charter schools. They'll need to wise up soon, as vouchers and charters are rapidly being defined by an emboldened grassroots as not at all progressive. Netroots...
