by Bryce Oates | May 3, 2017 | Blog
Why would a bunch of protesters show up at the Heritage Foundation to call them out for supporting policies that slash and privatize critical government programs that serve low-income and working-class communities? That seems to be the puzzle perplexing Heritage's...
by Jody Stewart | May 3, 2017 | Blog
The Jersey Shore, still reeling from Hurricane Sandy, is on the front lines as Republicans seek to toss people off Medicaid, jack up costs for people who are older and poorer, and rip up protections for people with preexisting conditions. Fortunately, Jody Stewart and...
by Richard Eskow | May 2, 2017 | Blog
America Rising, a billionaire-backed conservative group, is targeting Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts as she tours the country in support of her new book, according to a memo obtained by Politico. "We view (the) book launch as the soft launch of her...
by Leo Gerard | May 2, 2017 | Blog
As he ran for office, Donald Trump repeatedly reminded audiences that he was “really, really rich,” but assured voters that as president he would be a working man’s champion, a blue-collar Superman. He said he would stop corporations from offshoring manufacturing jobs...
by Jeff Bryant | May 1, 2017 | Blog
Nearly every cause at the center of the progressive movement has its roots, at least in part, at the schoolhouse door. That's at least part of the message behind the "Build Schools, Not Walls" campaign that kicked off this week in unison with the massive May 1st...
by Harvey J Kaye | May 1, 2017 | Blog
The Resistance needs to develop a memory of how past generations confronted reactionary threats to American democracy. Franklin Roosevelt’s first “Hundred Days” of 1933, in which the newly-elected president and a Democratic-controlled Congress confronted the...
