by Jeff Bryant | Aug 25, 2016 | Blog, Education
Sometimes it takes a funnyman to make sense. Earlier this week, British comedian John Oliver devoted a “Back to School” segment on his HBO program "Last Week Tonight" to examining the rapidly growing charter school industry and what these schools are doing with our...
by Robert Borosage | Aug 24, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Flagging in the polls, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has decided to shake up his campaign, bringing in Stephen Bannon, head of Breitbart News LLC, as CEO. Paul Manafort, the experienced Republican operative who has urged Trump to pivot toward the center...
by Jamie Horwitz | Aug 24, 2016 | Blog, Progressive Vision, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Do you remember the old Elvis hit "Return to Sender," and its lyrics “Return to sender, no such address, no such zone?” That’s the message that 2,000 postal workers from across the nation delivered at a rally against TPP Tuesday at Disney World’s Dolphin Hotel,...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 24, 2016 | Blog, Progressive Vision
Sometimes you win. That can be an unfamiliar sensation for people on the left. When you fight for good causes, against powerful forces and overwhelming odds, you lose a lot of battles. But sometimes you win. Take last week's announcement from the Justice Department...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 24, 2016 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Calling the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) a "trade" deal (it isn't) the corporate community and the Obama administration are also trying to sell it as important for national security. Recent op-eds make a strong case that this is just wrong. First, Brigadier General...
by Hannah Gelder | Aug 24, 2016 | Blog, Progressive Vision
Shutting down intersections as a tactic for interrupting the status quo and bringing attention to an issue has been used in organizing since time immemorial. But a classic action in Chicago on Monday had a different twist. Over 200 people shut down a downtown...
