by Jeff Bryant | Aug 18, 2016 | Blog, Education
"You can exhale now," the headline in Salon reassures, because "kids have more money than ever to spend on school stuff this year." The reason for Salon's celebratory tone is that a national survey every year by the National Retail Federation finds that preteens...
by Terrance Heath | Aug 17, 2016 | Blog, Progressive Vision
After years of campaigning and organizing, domestic workers in Illinois are celebrating victory. On Tuesday Gov. Bruce Rauner signed the Illinois Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights into law, guaranteeing basic workplace protections. #DWDignityIL #Victory! Big TY to...
by Bill Scher | Aug 17, 2016 | Blog
Donald Trump has been routinely accusing former President Lyndon Johnson of silencing the political speech of churches because he viewed churches as political enemies. This is false. Trump's presidential campaign may be doomed to defeat, but this smear may live on if...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 17, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors voted this week to endorse Silicon Valley Rising's City of San Jose Opportunity to Work Initiative. If passed by voters, the initiative would require employers to offer additional work hours to their part-time employees...
by Terrance Heath | Aug 17, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Progressive Vision, This Is The GOP
The lack of convictions in Freddie Gray’s death was not a vindication of Baltimore police. The Department of Justice’s scathing report of its probe of the Baltimore police force laid bare the structural racism that poisoned policing in the city, and ultimately led to...
by Mehrdad Azemun | Aug 16, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Progressive Vision, This Is The GOP
In a campaign that every week finds new ways to go beyond the pale, Donald Trump's speech Monday on "radical Islam" and immigration in Youngstown, Ohio hit a new, dangerous low – even for Trump. The event was, in many respects, quite unremarkable. The candidate...
