by Bill Scher | Jul 20, 2015 | Blog, Populist Majority
Last week I wrote that the GOP is on track to lose the Latino vote yet again. On the day Republicans face up to this problem, they at least know what they have to do: suck it up on immigration reform. But Republicans have a bigger demographic challenge looming over...
by Terrance Heath | Jul 17, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
This week, wingnuts attacked Planned Parenthood, with deceptively edited video that would make James O’Keefe proud, got "trumped" again by presidential candidate and xenophobe Donald Trump, and freaked out over the Iran anti-nuke deal. The Sting Remember those heady...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 17, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
A Friday panel at Netroots Nation in Phoenix, "Unions as the Answer to the Defining Issue of our Time," made the point that empowering unions is about more than just the workers having a path to the middle class; it is about strengthening the entire economy. The panel...
by Bill Scher | Jul 17, 2015 | Blog
Ann Coulter is telling Republicans Latino voters are immovably Democratic, and so, there is no point trying to woo them with immigration reform. She argues the only swing voters are "working-class whites are the only swing voters" who, she implies, "detest"...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 16, 2015 | Blog, Education
The Thursday Netroots Nation panel, "Student Debt Crisis: How We Can Help Stop the Next Economic Bubble from Bursting," discussed ways to deal with the more than $1.2 trillion in student loan debt carried by 43 million Americans – and examined the implications for...
by Emily Schwartz Greco | Jul 16, 2015 | Blog
Climate action is finally gaining ground in Washington. No, not that Washington. Following their victory in a Seattle court, eight children are pressing Washington State’s Department of Ecology to crack down on carbon pollution. The agency has until August 7 to reach...
