by Jeff Bryant | Feb 11, 2016 | Blog, Education
What do Republicans have against school boards? That's a question to take away from a recent article in The Washington Post, in which education writer Lyndsey Layton reports that Republican governors and legislators in at least 11 states are in various stages of...
by Bill Scher | Feb 11, 2016 | Blog, Climate
While most of the political world was watching the New Hampshire returns, the Supreme Court Tuesday raised the possibility it would kill President Obama's ambitious plan to cut carbon emissions from power plants. On a 5-4 ruling along ideological lines, the Court...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Feb 11, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Robert Borosage explores the meaning for progressives of Bernie Sanders' resounding popular-vote win in the New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary and the political jockeying in the contests ahead. In this one-hour discussion sponsored by the Public Leadership...
by Terrance Heath | Feb 11, 2016 | Blog, Climate, Conservatism, Democracy, Economy, This Is The GOP
The water crisis in Flint, Michigan is just the tip of the iceberg. We are living in a nation of Flints, thanks to racial bias, economic inequality, austerity and conservative governance. We can’t afford to kid ourselves about what it will take to fix it. Clean water...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 10, 2016 | Blog, Democracy, Progressive Vision
Many say we should "run government like a business" and "save money" by "cutting spending" and "making government smaller." Does this work? Do We the People really save money by doing these things? Have you heard the phrase “penny-wise and pound-foolish”? How about "a...
by Robert Borosage | Feb 10, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
“We have sent a message that will resound from Wall Street to Washington,“ presidential candidate Bernie Sanders exulted last night, after drubbing Hillary Clinton in the New Hampshire primary. On the Republican side, Donald Trump won convincingly as predicted. The...
