by Isaiah J. Poole | Feb 5, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
The headlines being generated by Friday's jobs report from the Labor Department – the unemployment rate falling below 5 percent for the first time since November 2007 – are a temptation to have policymakers and some politicians to pull their "Mission Accomplished"...
by Robert Borosage | Feb 5, 2016 | Blog, Progressive Vision
The face-off between Senator Bernie Sanders and Secretary Hillary Clinton last night in New Hampshire highlighted the strengths and vulnerabilities of both. Both put in impressive, strong performances. Both got their message out. Voters are left to decide whom they...
by Terrance Heath | Feb 4, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
From the moment he launched his presidential bid, conventional wisdom said Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) wouldn’t even get close to becoming president. This week Cruz won the Iowa Caucuses, and got a little closer to the White House. Here’s why that should scare you. Cruz’s...
by Jeff Bryant | Feb 4, 2016 | Blog, Education
The big news about education policy in the presidential race is that there is no news. As Laura Moser writes for Slate, “None of the candidates are talking about education. Like, at all.” At Salon, parent and public school activist Bertis Downs argues that even the...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 4, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Our government has been on a privatization binge for some time. Things that We the People used to just do federally or through state and local governments were closed down and private corporations were hired to do those things instead. This "saved money" because the...
by Bill Scher | Feb 4, 2016 | Blog
[fve]https://youtu.be/WIR9GZlmj7A[/fve] Today, Marco Rubio surrogate Rick Santorum was stumped when asked by MSNBC's Joe Scarborough to name one Rubio accomplishment. Santorum pleaded that Rubio's short time in the Senate was a period when "nothing got done" so of...
