by Scott Klinger | Aug 12, 2015 | Blog, Democracy
Our country has no shortage of big problems. While big challenges are nothing new for Americans, how we deal with them has changed. Fifty years ago, rising social unrest forced Congress to deal with big things — like voting rights, immigration, and access to health...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 12, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Republicans have tried various tactics to weaken or just get rid of unions, and that includes public employee unions. Here is the latest scheme: GOP senators are setting out to ban public employee unions, claiming they are partisan political organizations and that...
by Bill Scher | Aug 12, 2015 | Blog
Lawrence Lessig has launched a "referendum" campaign for President, meaning his candidacy would serve as an up or down vote on a package of election reforms he calls the Citizens Equality Act. Once he got those reforms enacted, he pledges to resign. He argues this is...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 12, 2015 | Blog, Trade
"What is good for growth in China is unfortunately bad for everybody else." – Bill McQuaker, co-head of the multi-asset team at Henderson Global Investors, quoted in Reuters China on Monday announced it is lowering the value of its currency about two percent in order...
by Jeff Bryant | Aug 11, 2015 | Blog, Education
When people begin a story about how to fix America, they often start with education, and they often start in communities like Liberty City, Fla. Liberty City lies to the west of Miami Beach, across the Biscayne Bay and away from the sun-washed beaches and sparkling...
by Bill Scher | Aug 11, 2015 | Blog, Climate
Republicans have come a long way on climate change. Unfortunately that way is down. Twenty-three years ago, Republican President George H. W. Bush not only acknowledged climate change was real. He signed an international climate change treaty, which the Senate...
