by Terrance Heath | Jan 8, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
When President Obama introduced his executive actions on gun control, he wept as he talked about Sandy Hook Elementary. Wingnuts couldn’t understand why he would still cry over 20 dead first graders. It took a long time. It took over 20 mass shootings since Barack...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 8, 2016 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Thursday's post, "Why You Should Pay Attention To The ‘Friedrichs’ Supreme Court Case," looked at the issues in the Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association case: This time it is a case involving the rights of public-employee unions to charge employees a fee for...
by Robert Borosage | Jan 8, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Amid the clamorous tumult of global stock markets, the December Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report offers reassuring stability – 292,000 new jobs with the headline unemployment rate steady at 5 percent. The U.S. has now enjoyed a record 70 months of private sector...
by Roger Hickey | Jan 8, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Since the Democratic National Committee seems to sponsor Democratic presidential debates only once in a blue moon, progressive activists in Iowa have organized their own presidential forum in Des Moines – "Putting Families First" – on Saturday. If you can make it to...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 7, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Jobs and Growth, Progressive Vision
The Supreme Court has once again decided to reconsider "settled law." This time it is a case involving the rights of public-employee unions to charge employees a fee for the services the unions are required by law to provide to all employees – even those who are not...
by Jeff Bryant | Jan 7, 2016 | Blog, Education
In 2015 we witnessed historic changes in education. As education professor Sherman Dorn reviewed on his personal blog, there were at least 20 major news stories affecting the nation, including the passage of new federal legislation to replace No Child Left Behind, the...
