by Jeff Bryant | Jul 23, 2015 | Blog
Education activists are rejoicing that the latest versions of No Child Left Behind reauthorization coursing through Congress may give struggling schools a way to have more control over their own governance and destiny. NCLB originally mandated such unreal expectations...
by Cormac Close | Jul 23, 2015 | Blog, Financial Reform
[fve]https://youtu.be/3foBrqHVCOo[/fve]In this video, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) reviews the state of the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill after five years and the record of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Republicans have done their best to prevent the...
by Robert Borosage | Jul 23, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Chanting “$15.00 and a union,” thousands federal contract workers walked off their jobs yesterday, led by the Capitol’s cafeteria workers who serve senators their food. They were joined by Senator Bernie Sanders, now running for president, and members of the...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 22, 2015 | Blog
Representatives Jan Schakowsky, Zoe Lofgren, Jerry Nadler, and Yvette Clarke sent a letter asking Attorney General Loretta Lynch and California Attorney General Kamala Harris asking them to investigate whether laws were broken by the Center for Medical Progress. This...
by Joshua Ferrer | Jul 22, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
In less than two months, Republicans will starve the middle class and increase poverty levels again if their budget is passed. They will slash billions of dollars from necessary programs that stabilize our middle class, leaving more people jobless, hungry, and...
by Digby | Jul 22, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
As I have written several thousand times, Americans, especially black Americans, cannot assume they have rights or live in a free country when they are dealing with the police. It is no longer up to police to be professional and calm, it is the citizens' job to...
