by Robert Borosage | Feb 24, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Donald Trump barged to victory in the Nevada caucuses Tuesday night. He won big – pluralities of voters of every age, every level of education, both genders, every racial and ethnic group, evangelicals. He now has won New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada. He holds...
by Leo Gerard | Feb 23, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Making it in America, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
In the week before Valentine’s Day, United Technologies expressed its love for its devoted Indiana employees, workers whose labor had kept the corporation profitable, by informing 2,100 of them at two facilities that it was shipping their factories, their jobs, their...
by Bill Scher | Feb 23, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
After three presidential contests, there is a striking trend in the Democratic entrance and exit polls: Far more Democrats call themselves "liberal" than eight years ago. In Iowa, the percentage of voters identifying as "very" or "somewhat" liberal jumped from 54...
by Jeff Bryant | Feb 23, 2016 | Blog, Education
[Today's guest post comes from Elaine Weiss, Executive Director, Broader Bolder Approach to Education] Signs continue to indicate momentum for a new emerging education policy narrative. The replacement of No Child Left Behind with the Every Student Succeeds Act is...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 23, 2016 | Blog, Economy, Election 2016, Jobs and Growth
"When you dare to do big things, big results should be expected. The Sanders program is big, and when you run it through a standard model, you get a big result."– James K. Galbraith Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says he wants the American people to...
by Robert Reich | Feb 22, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
[fve]https://youtu.be/6W5e7AwqksU[/fve] 1. Cruz is more fanatical. Sure, Trump is a bully and bigot, but he doesn’t hew to any sharp ideological line. Cruz is a fierce ideologue: He denies the existence of man-made climate change, rejects same-sex marriage, wants to...
