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...
by Terrance Heath | Jul 16, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016, This Is The GOP
When Republicans finally choose their nominee for president, he or she will be already bought and paid for by one or more of the GOP sugar daddies of the 2016 election. Never before have so many with little chance of — and even less interest in — being president,...
by Bill Scher | Jul 15, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
Click here to sign our petition and tell Congress: No war with Iran. As Donald Rumsfeld might say, you can't start a war with the Republican Party you wish to have. Republicans in Congress may want to stop the international nuclear deal with Iran. They may prefer to...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 14, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Tax Reform
Here comes the next big one. Now that the corporations have fast-track trade authority in the bag, they are trying to push a huge, huge tax giveaway through Congress. We have to get the word out so this doesn't just sneak through. We can't let them continue to rig the...
by Leo Gerard | Jul 14, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Jobs and Growth, This Is The GOP
Jeb! Bush, a boy born to wealth and privilege, whose family owns not a home but a compound of dwellings in Kennebunkport, Maine, and whose wife plunked down $25,600 for one pair of earrings, lectured last week that Americans should work longer hours. If Americans...
