by Bill Scher | Nov 3, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016
In last week's debate, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio had a point. He's not the first presidential candidate to miss Senate votes. It's impossible to run for president and have a perfect attendance record. What Rubio really missed in the Senate was the chance to prove he...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 2, 2015 | Blog, Democracy, Progressive Vision
In Seattle, Washington, a ballot initiative that could wrest power away from corporate interests and big money donors and change the way we do democracy comes up for a vote. On Tuesday, Seattle residents will vote on Initiative 122. The ballot initiative is the...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 2, 2015 | Blog, Election 2016
The Republican party has cancelled a planned NBC/Telemundo presidential candidate debate because candidates were asked substantive questions and their answers were challenged by moderators in last week's CNBC debate. Republican candidates are demanding easier and more...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 2, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Progressive Vision, This Is The GOP
The right-wing backlash against the #BlackLivesMatter movement has intensified in recent weeks. There are two primary reasons for this: (1) black Americans are telling the truth about their lives, and (2) it’s working. New Jersey governor and GOP presidential...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 2, 2015 | Blog
A new study from the International Monetary Fund concludes that unions reduce inequality and foster a healthier economy for everyone, mainly by preventing the wealthiest among us from keeping the fruits of a collaboratively created prosperity for themselves. The IMF...
by Jeff Bryant | Oct 30, 2015 | Blog, Education
Because of all the big money behind current education policies, it’s difficult to see any real break in the status quo, but anyone who believes that cracking down harder on neighborhood schools and pushing for privately operated charters are the necessary “reforms”...
