by Terrance Heath | Jul 10, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Progressive Vision
As of this morning, the Confederate battle flag no longer flies at South Carolina’s capitol. The work to remove this symbol of hatred from the capitol is finished. Now begins the work of exorcising the legacy of the past it represents....
by Dave Johnson | Jul 10, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
The fast-track authority legislation for the Trans-Pacific Partnership recently passed by Congress says we can't make "trade" agreements like TPP with countries that violate human rights. There is a report that to get around this rule the administration is going to...
by Jeff Bryant | Jul 10, 2015 | Blog
Nearly two years ago, a North Carolina classroom teacher wrote to her state legislature that her salary of $31,000 "is wholly insufficient to support my family. So insufficient, in fact, that my children qualify for and use Medicaid as their medical insurance, and...
by Bill Scher | Jul 10, 2015 | Blog
Democrats were quick to jump on Jeb Bush after he told a newspaper editorial board, "people need to work longer hours," thinking they caught him in a classic out-of-touch gaffe. Politico reported, "Just as Republicans in 2012 turned 'You didn’t build that' into a...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 10, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Key Democrats in the Senate on Thursday worked to ratchet up the pressure on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, calling for him in a letter to move forward with a long-term transportation bill before federal authorization for the program expires at the end of the...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 9, 2015 | Blog, Economy
Republicans have shut down the Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank as of midnight, July 1. They are touting it as a blow against "corporate welfare" and "crony capitalism." But who are the real winners here? It's certainly not us workers. Last year the bank helped finance...
