by Terrance Heath | Jun 24, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
The tragedy in Orlando reveals that the three issues that once made up the Republican’s “winning formula” may have finally ripened into political poison for the GOP. In 1994, James Inhofe told Oklahoma voters that the senate race could be summed up in “the three Gs —...
by Terrance Heath | Jun 24, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
This week, House Democrats and Republicans faced off over reasonable gun laws. Democrats held a sit-in to force a showdown with Republican leadership. Republicans blinked. If anyone in the House knows how to stand up to powerful opposition with moral strength, Rep....
by Richard Eskow | Jun 24, 2016 | Blog
Things are changing. A major crack has appeared in the edifice of globalization, and the neoliberal order that has dominated the world's economy since the end of World War II is now in danger. That's not necessarily a bad thing, by any means. But poisonous weeds are...
by Bill Moyers | Jun 23, 2016 | Blog, Progressive Vision
By Bill Moyers and Michael Winship This post first appeared on BillMoyers.com. On March 7, 1965, 25-year-old John Lewis, already a veteran of the Freedom Rides, Mississippi’s Freedom Summer and Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington, walked ahead of 600 civil...
by Jeff Bryant | Jun 23, 2016 | Blog, Education
Recently New York Times columnist Frank Bruni lodged a complaint about college students who "have come to act as customers" in the higher education system. He argues that because many colleges now feature rich amenities – from sushi bars to water parks – and...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 23, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Economy, Progressive Vision, This Is The GOP
When you hear people saying that "even the IMF" is recommending economic actions that might help regular people, that's a sign that something big is going down. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is known as a neoliberal organization that pushes privatization of...