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,...
by Bill Scher | Jul 24, 2015 | Blog
Since the federal government picks up nearly all the cost of Obamacare's voluntary expansion of state Medicaid programs, you might think all the governors would have accepted the sweetheart deal. While Republicans in some states have come around, there are still 19...
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...
