by Cormac Close | Jul 13, 2015 | Blog, Financial Reform
Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee last Thursday celebrated the fifth anniversary of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act by inviting a panel of handpicked experts to parrot the view that the act has been catastrophic for...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 13, 2015 | Blog, Retirement Security
The White House Conference on Aging opens today as more than 2.5 million petition signatures of people calling for Social Security expansion were delivered to the White House. This follows a Sunday letter to the White House from 70 Democratic senators and...
by Mary Bottari | Jul 13, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Scott Walker will announce for president today. After standing for 25 primary and general elections in 25 years, Walker has now set his eyes on the White House. As he officially hits the campaign trail this week, he will tout himself as a “fresh face” and a bold...
by Jeff Bryant | Jul 13, 2015 | Blog, Education
For some years now, the term "The Village" has circulated throughout the Internet blogosphere as a shorthand description of the insular life of the Washington, D.C. policy makers and media mavens. As Heather "Digby" Parton explained in 2009, the term is a metaphor for...
by Roger Hickey | Jul 13, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
It seems like overnight. Americans' attitudes are changing on social issues – like gay marriage and the flying of the Confederate flag at state capitols. But the changes seem fast only if you ignore the centuries of slavery, Jim Crow, and repression, before that rapid...
by Terrance Heath | Jul 10, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
The Confederate battle flag at South Carolina’s capitol was finally lowered today, after flying for more than half a century. Many American’s cheered as the symbol of hatred and bigotry finally came down. Wingnuts, not so much. Both South Carolina’s state Senate and...
