by Eric Lotke | Oct 23, 2015 | Blog, Democracy
"In my sixteen years as a regulator," said Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, "this is the clearest, most egregious case of market failure I have seen." On Thursday the FCC voted to put it right. The decision vindicates a decades-long...
by Robert Borosage | Oct 23, 2015 | Awards Gala 2015, Blog, Progressive Vision
Time Magazine hails Sen. Elizabeth Warren as the “sheriff of Wall Street.” Her effectiveness stuns the powers that be. Fox News’ Melissa Francis says people on Wall Street think, “Elizabeth Warren is the devil.” Bill O’Reilly fulminates that she’s a “socialist,” yet...
by Jim Hightower | Oct 22, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
House Republicans are in turmoil. House Speaker John Boehner gave up his position because he couldn’t stand the job anymore. Next in line was Rep. Kevin McCarthy, who started running but quickly backed off. Rep. Paul Ryan says he’s thinking about taking the job, even...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 22, 2015 | Blog, Climate
Exxon and other fossil fuel companies may have committed a crime of enormous proportions, and more and more elected officials and others are demanding an investigation. The charge is that Exxon scientists and management knew since the late 1970s that the company's...
by Jeff Bryant | Oct 21, 2015 | Blog, Education
America's experiment with charter schools has thus far generated academic results that are mixed, at best. Another promise, that these schools would be more educationally "innovative," is also generally unfulfilled so far. Adding to those uncertainties posed by...
by Emily Schwartz Greco | Oct 21, 2015 | Blog, Climate
Pumpkin fever is back. The latest bout of this seasonal disorder has infected Hostess Twinkies and moved Starbucks to put a smidge of real pumpkin in its pumpkin spice lattes. Previously, the ubiquitous coffee purveyor used a common ploy: It evoked agrarian and...
