by Jeff Bryant | Oct 26, 2015 | Awards Gala 2015, Blog, Education
In 2004, Democrats were enraged when Rod Paige, U.S. Secretary of Education under George W. Bush, called teachers unions “terrorist organizations.” According to accounts written at the time, Paige made the remark “in a private White House meeting with governors while...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 26, 2015 | Blog, Trade
In addition to the notorious Trans-Pacific Partnership, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) is negotiating another secret trade deal. This one is a trade, investment, and governance agreement with the European Union (EU) called the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment...
by Larry Cohen | Oct 26, 2015 | Blog, Election 2016, Jobs and Growth
I grew up in a row house in North Philadelphia, owned by my great-grandmother who was famous for saying, “I’ll watch your feet, not your mouth.” Today I am proud to stand with Sen. Bernie Sanders and hundreds of Verizon Workers at a Wireless retail store in Manhattan,...
by Bill Scher | Oct 26, 2015 | Blog
Benghazi, IRS, Fast and Furious, Solyndra, Whitewater. Whenever the GOP targets the White House and goes into scandal overdrive, they always miss the target. As I lay out in Real Clear Politics today, sometimes the misses are spectacular boomerangs, like the Clinton...
by Bernie Horn | Oct 26, 2015 | Blog, Education
Days ago, the U.S. Department of Education announced a dramatic policy shift on standardized testing of public school students. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, echoed by President Obama, admitted that a Council of the Great City Schools study was right—there is too...
by Terrance Heath | Oct 26, 2015 | Awards Gala 2015, Blog, Progressive Vision
National People's Action has developed a reputation for not being content to simply hold rallies on the streets outside of symbols of political power. In the words of NPA vice president Bobby Tolbert, “We like to take the crisis to the people who created it.” That...
