by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 3, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Democracy
This weekend gave us another one of those every-four-year stories about this presidential election being the one in which the Republican Party finally breaks through and wins more than a one-in-10 share of the black vote. The latest version of this story came from The...
by Terrance Heath | Jul 31, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
A beloved lion named Cecil was lured out of his sanctuary in Zimbabwe, and killed by an American hunter. The world mourned, and wingnuts roared that the lion’s death drew attention away from their scam to bring down Planned Parenthood. Walter Palmer, an American...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 31, 2015 | Blog, Current Issues, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Administration officials are desperately trying to wrap-up Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations in the next few days or so. If they can get it done right now, it enables a timeline for pushing it through Congress by the end of the year — before the public can...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 31, 2015 | Blog, Trade
Conservatives deride using government to help American companies export their goods as "picking winners and losers," even when the winners are American exporters and workers. So Republicans have closed the Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank, hopefully temporarily. The Ex-Im...
by Terrance Heath | Jul 30, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Health, This Is The GOP
Today is Medicare’s 50th birthday. It’s improved the lives of millions of Americans, and it can as much for even more people. That’s why Republicans have never stopped trying to end it. Fifty years ago today, Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Medicare amendment under Title...
by Jeff Bryant | Jul 30, 2015 | Blog, Education
An article by Alia Wong for The Atlantic this week caused quite a stir by pointing to a recent survey of teachers that found one of the main stresses they have during their busy days is getting a potty break. Wong looked at results from a poll about the work...
