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....
by Dave Johnson | Jul 27, 2015 | Blog, Democracy
Presidential candidate Jeb Bush gave a speech last Monday at an event organized by a corporate lobbying group in which he vowed to cripple our government. So who gets to be in charge if he succeeds? Who decides how to allocate our country's resources, determine and...
by Robert Borosage | Jul 27, 2015 | Blog, Financial Reform
Last week, Hillary Clinton opened an important “conversation” about what she calls “quarterly capitalism” or excessive “short-termism.” She noted how the rules have been rigged to pressure executives to focus on the next quarter’s stock return rather than the...
by Joshua Ferrer | Jul 24, 2015 | Blog, Current Issues, Progressive Vision
After over two months as an announced presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT.) has for the first time come out for substantive sentencing reforms. In an interview with MSNBC on Wednesday, Sanders said “We need to take a look at mandatory minimum sentences,...
