by Mary Green Swig | Steven L. Swig | Roger Hickey | Apr 12, 2016 | Blog, Education
A new wave of activism against student debt is on the move again this week. The students taking the lead represent the advance guard of an even more massive army that is mobilizing around the idea that higher education should be an investment we make as a society....
by Bill Moyers | Apr 11, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Progressive Vision, This Is The GOP
April 8, 2016 This post first appeared on BillMoyers.com. Bruce Springsteen announced earlier today via Twitter that he is canceling his performance in North Carolina this weekend because of the organized assault by the state legislature against human rights. Bruce...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 11, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Hillary Clinton has a credibility problem when it comes to our country's trade policies and the resulting enormous, humongous trade deficits that measure job loss – especially with regard to the Trans-Pacific Partnership. But Clinton has a chance to shore up her...
by Bill Scher | Apr 11, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Most political eyeballs are understandably transfixed on the presidential race. But there is much drama brewing in the race for the Senate. And while the unhinged Republican presidential primary may give an impression of a nation gone mad, the way vulnerable...
by Robert Borosage | Apr 11, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Bernie Sanders won the Wyoming Democratic caucus on Saturday by a double-digit margin – 56 percent to 44 percent – over Hillary Clinton. That is seven contests in a row and eight of nine. And now the campaign heads into the New York hothouse with the primary on April...
by Burning Issues Video | Apr 11, 2016 | Blog, Burning Issues, Climate, Defense/Foreign Policy
[fve]https://youtu.be/H_vVwcEw8gQ[/fve] Jason Kowalski, U.S. policy director for 350.org, the global, grassroots organization battling climate change, explains in this Burning Issues video how climate change has become a national security issue. As the Republican...
