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...
by Richard Eskow | Mar 15, 2017 | Blog
After a presidential campaign filled with racist rhetoric, the Republicans have proposed a healthcare agenda that will harm many black, brown, and poor Americans while helping the white and wealthy. It's the same cynical strategy Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 14, 2017 | Blog
It's starting to look like President Trump's promised $1-trillion plan to rebuild the nation's infrastructure will be as bad for us as his health care plan turned out to be. Infrastructure Report Card The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has issued their...
by Jacob Swenson-Lengyel | Mar 14, 2017 | Blog
On February 19, 2009, just 30 days after President Obama was sworn in, Rick Santelli’s rant on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange launched the Tea Party. The conservative establishment worked together with the grassroots to fan the flames of opposition. The...
by Robert Kraig | Mar 14, 2017 | Blog
Hundreds of Wisconsin and Illinois activists will brave snowstorms Tuesday to converge on House Speaker Paul Ryan’s office in Racine, Wisconsin, to challenge the GOP's bid to take health care away from millions of Americans. The two groups leading the event, Fair...
