by Dave Johnson | Nov 19, 2015 | Blog, Tax Reform
[fve]https://youtu.be/qKmaa01mZZ4?t=4m28s[/fve] "It’s not that taxes are far too high for giant corporations, as the lobbyists claim. No, the problem is that the revenue generated from corporate taxes is far too low." - Senator Elizabeth Warren Senator Elizabeth...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 18, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Jobs and Growth, Progressive Vision
According to a new report from the Economic Policy Institute, creating an economy that works for everyone starts with creating an economy that works for women. There’s good news and bad news. The good news is that the gap between women’s earnings and men’s earnings...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 18, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
There is one case pending before the Supreme Court that doesn't get counted among the rulings that could have an effect on issues of equality and discrimination – but, as a friend-of-the-court brief filed recently by more than 70 civil rights organizations outlines,...
by Bill Scher | Nov 18, 2015 | Blog
Conservative writer Matt Lewis laments the end of the Bobby Jindal presidential campaign, noting his "decision to run away from his strengths as an experienced policy expert. He might have been issuing detailed policy papers, but—on the campaign trail and debate...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 18, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
The right-wing response to the Paris terror attacks is predictably hysterical, racist and xenophobic. It’s everything the terrorists could possibly want, and a distraction from a very real threat. The world is still reeling from the terrorist attacks in Paris, which...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 17, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
The day before the Paris terrorist attacks, "the Paris of the Middle East" – Beirut – was attacked by ISIS. Terrorist set off two bombs in a busy shopping area, killing more than 40 people and injuring more than 240. Then, on Sunday, a string of ISIS bombs in Baghdad...
