by Terrance Heath | Nov 6, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Ya gotta hand it to the GOP presidential candidates. It takes either incredible skill or monumental stupidity to get President Obama and Fox News to agree. But their “diva demands” for future debates did it. The whining started even before the third Republican...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 6, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
The full text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has finally been released and We the People can see what has been negotiated in our name. President Obama laid out the bottom line, saying the deal "puts American workers first." Does it? TPP Text The full text of...
by Jeff Bryant | Nov 6, 2015 | Blog, Education
The weather is turning colder for sure, but spring is in the air for those who believe there is an urgent need to change the nation's federal education law known as No Child Left Behind. Seasoned education journalist Alyson Klein at Education Week believes recent...
by Emily Schwartz Greco | Nov 5, 2015 | Blog, Climate
Ensuring that our planet remains hospitable requires leaving about three-quarters of all oil, gas, and coal deposits underground or beneath the sea floor. And forgoing all those fossil fuels to avert a climate catastrophe means that loads of companies need to change...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 5, 2015 | Blog, Democracy, Progressive Vision
Off-year elections are almost never good for progressives, and 2015 is no exception. But this off-year election held some surprising victories for progressives in Maine, Ohio, Washington and elsewhere that could lay the foundation for more victories to come. Earlier...
by Bill Scher | Nov 4, 2015 | Awards Gala 2015, Blog, Progressive Vision
[fve]https://youtu.be/V-KecXkNC7E[/fve] Scott Wallace, Co-Chair of the Wallace Global Fund, accepted the "Progressive Champion" award at the annual 2015 Awards Gala Celebrating America's Future with a thought-provoking speech honoring his grandfather Henry Wallace....
