by Jeff Bryant | Feb 26, 2016 | Blog, Education
Anyone who feels that America’s public schools need a better conversation about education policy should have been in a room in the basement of the nation’s capitol earlier this week. The occasion that brought people together on an early, rain-soaked morning was a...
by Emily Schwartz Greco | Feb 25, 2016 | Blog, Climate
What if an extra hour somehow slipped into your day? Aside from most Arizonans and all Hawaiians, Americans get to ponder this question in early November as Daylight Savings Time gets underway. I usually fill this gap with some combination of reading, cooking, and...
by Bill Scher | Feb 25, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016
A Donald Trump nomination means several elements of the Republican Party will sit out the election, vote third-party or even vote Democrat. The seams of the GOP coalition are tearing apart in front of our eyes. After Donald Trump's South Carolina victory, conservative...
by Terrance Heath | Feb 25, 2016 | Blog, Populist Majority, Progressive Vision
In the 2016 presidential primary, Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders can't afford to take African-American votes for granted. With the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary behind them, both Clinton and Sanders are vying for the...
by Sam Pizzigati | Feb 24, 2016 | Blog
Modern-day American conservatives typically see government regulation as an outright assault on freedom. They also see inequality as inevitable in any “free” society. Any government that moves against inequality, they go on to assume and argue, will have to threaten...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 24, 2016 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Last November the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was released to the public on the website of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR). On January 26, a slightly different "scrubbed" version was put on the website of the official host of the agreement, New...
