by Dave Johnson | Mar 17, 2017 | Blog
Early in this millennium, Mississippi's Trent Lott was the Senate's Majority Leader. Then it was disclosed that he had done something outside the bounds of what most Americans considered "normal" and acceptable. Lott had spoken favorably about Strom Thurmond's 1948...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 16, 2017 | Blog, Health
The Republicans on the House Budget Committee on Thursday swung an axe on the pillars of health care security for millions of people in a tiny room in the Longworth House Office Building too small to hold the outraged people who had lined the hallway in dissent....
by Jeff Bryant | Mar 16, 2017 | Blog
Betsy DeVos once called public schools a "dead end." But now that she's U.S. Secretary of Education, she's suddenly all for them. At least that's what she claims now. During her nomination process, numerous reporters noted DeVos's obvious bias against public schools....
by Andy Spears | Mar 16, 2017 | Blog
President Trump came to Nashville to peddle the Republicans’ disastrous plan to cut health care for millions of Americans. Tennesseans responded to this con with a resounding, "No!" More than 2,500 of us – organized by a coalition including Tennessee Citizen Action...
by Tim Wilkins | Mar 15, 2017 | Blog
Winter gusts could not keep hundreds from converging on the Racine offices of Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan to deliver a simple message. “I want to live a life of dignity,” said Reggie Griffin, a retiree in his seventies who traveled from Chicago to join the...
by Alan Jenkins | Mar 15, 2017 | Blog
This month marks the 100th birthday of civil rights legend and revered federal judge Robert L. Carter. Best known as a principal architect of Brown v. Board of Education, Carter brilliantly wove together history, social science, constitutional jurisprudence, and our...
