by Richard Eskow | Aug 7, 2015 | Blog, Democracy
In the run-up to the first Republican presidential debate, a flurry of news stories about the candidates offered glimpses of oligarchy in action. Consider: Jeb Bush’s largest Super PAC has already raised $103 million, most of it collected before he even officially...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 6, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Progressive Vision
President Obama is drafting an executive order to require federal contractors to provide sick leave for workers who are sick or caring for a sick relative. The order would benefit hundreds of thousands of Americans. How does this measure up to the Good Jobs Nation...
by Jeff Bryant | Aug 6, 2015 | Blog, Education
What was the most surprising thing about New Jersey Governor and Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie's recent remark that the "national teachers union" deserves a “punch in the face?” Certainly not that he made the remark. As multiple news outlets...
by Terrance Heath | Aug 6, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
August 9 will mark one year since officer Darren Wilson shot and killed unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. Too many black lives are still lost to police violence, but movements are now demanding that black lives matter. Some things have changed in...
by Sam Pizzigati | Aug 5, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
The sourest person in the nation’s capital today just may have been Daniel Gallagher, one of the five commissioners who set policy for the Securities and Exchange Commission, the top federal watchdog over companies that trade on Wall Street. Over Gallagher’s surly...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 5, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
[fve]https://vimeo.com/135133696[/fve] As an expert on nuclear weapons issues who has served on the staff of the House Armed Services Committee and the State Department's International Security Advisory Board, Joe Cirincione has been involved in numerous discussions...
