by Isaiah J. Poole | May 21, 2009 | Blog
A year ago, I called attention to efforts by some progressives in Congress to establish a national infrastructure bank that would finance critical investments in our transportation network, our waterways and other public assets. This week, that push is happening...
by Greg Colvin | May 21, 2009 | Blog
We have been told this is our moment And so we come to the table With our pent-up agenda, Eager to load our cafeteria trays, While the raging, wounded bull Standing in the doorway Could be ours for the taking And all our people could be fed. It is time to ask...
by Bill Scher | May 20, 2009 | Blog
David Roberts laments the political squeeze the Waxman-Markey climate compromise puts on progressives, forced to choose between "what justice and prudence demand and what's possible within the current constraints of power politics" but ends on a hopeful note: "if a...
by Isaiah J. Poole | May 20, 2009 | Blog
David Sirota's post Tuesday asks why Washington political leaders won't even discuss a single-payer health care system, with a leading Democrat going so far as to exclude single-payer advocates from participating in a Senate Finance Committee hearing last week at...
by Robert Borosage | May 20, 2009 | Blog
A crisis that demands fundamental change. A president with a mandate to drive it. A Congress, controlled by Democrats, ready to act. Now comes the hard part: actually getting something real done. These are salad days for Democratic lobbyists, because deep pocket...
by Bill Scher | May 19, 2009 | Blog
When progressive House Democrats were blocked from a floor vote on their proposal requiring an exit strategy for our Afghanistan military mission, and several in turn voted against funding for the mission, McClatchy Newspapers concluded, "the anti-war crowd remains as...
