by Jeff Bryant | Oct 1, 2015 | Blog, Education
In New York City, this school year opened with a historic event: Every child who wanted to start pre-kindergarten was given a seat. As the New York Daily News reports, "Some 65,504 four-year-olds are now enrolled in full day pre-K." A more recent article from the same...
by Terrance Heath | Oct 1, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
As John Boehner eyes the exit, the line-up for the post-Boehner House GOP leadership is all white, all male, and as extreme as they wanna be. House Republicans will vote for new leadership in just one week. House Speaker John Boehner’s decision to resign from Congress...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 1, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Democracy
Yesterday the House was presented with a "clean" continuing resolution to keep the government in operation. The House passed it overwhelmingly by 277-151. Wait, you thought this was controversial? You thought the House wanted to shut down the government over defunding...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 1, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Vice President Joe Biden is considering a run for president. But Biden is currently working behind the scenes to push the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which most (if not all) core Democratic-aligned groups will likely oppose. Can Biden run for president as a...
by Robert Borosage | Oct 1, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism
It has come to this. In the last hours before a government shutdown, the Republican-led Congress passed a continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government open for all of 72 more days (until December 11), with funding at current levels. The CR did not include the...
by Bill Scher | Sep 30, 2015 | Blog
For years, I and other liberals urged Speaker John Boehner to stand up to the Tea Party. Before the 2013 shutdown, I suggested Boehner dare the right-wing to oust him, and then partner with Democrats to save his speakership in exchange for a budget compromise and...
