by Leo Gerard | Jul 28, 2015 | Blog, This Is The GOP
Donald Trump says exactly what the GOP believes. It’s a simple axiom: personal wealth accumulation is everything. Republican Party officials believe individuals like The Donald attain riches through their own guts, glory and gumption with not an iota of aid from...
by Mary Green Swig | Steven L. Swig | Roger Hickey | Jul 28, 2015 | Blog, Education
MaryGreenSwig Steven L.Swig RogerHickey It will not be news to 41 million Americans that this nation is in the middle of a student debt crisis. That's the number of people burdened by student loan payments. But many people, including many student debt holders, may be...
by Bill Scher | Jul 28, 2015 | Blog
[fve]https://youtu.be/_ZwguLJVxsM[/fve] If you want a presidential candidate who supports a carbon tax and vociferously opposes the Keystone pipeline, you should vote for Sen. Bernie Sanders. If you want a presidential candidate who has thought through how to best...
by Terrance Heath | Jul 27, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
The stakes were high for the speech by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to the national gathering of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Saturday night. Sanders’ speech to the civil rights organization, whose first president was Rev....
by Dave Johnson | Jul 27, 2015 | Blog
We don't know what the evidence will show happened to Sandra Bland in that jail cell. It shouldn't matter. Does it really matter if Sandra Bland committed suicide while in police custody or was murdered? Does a suicide under police watch in any way absolve the police...
by Alan Jenkins | Jul 27, 2015 | Blog, Democracy
It’s a rare moment when two branches of our federal government take major steps to expand opportunity for all Americans. But, with relatively little fanfare, that’s what’s happened over the last few weeks in the critical area of housing. First, on June 25, the U.S....
