by Joshua Ferrer | Jun 29, 2015 | Blog
Beth Hughes of Tippecanoe County, Ind., is raising three kids with a fourth on the way. She works part time, and her husband is attending graduate school at Purdue while working as a research assistant. Their total annual income clocks in at $19,200 and they depend on...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 29, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Fast track trade authority passed last week. So many of us fought so hard but The Money won again - this time. What do we do now? We take this awareness and energy into the fight against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). And then, win or lose, we build a fair trade...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 26, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Washington is caught in a going-round-in-circles argument about how to "pay for" a surface transportation bill. Various proposals are in the air. Cutting other things to "pay for" this. Raising the gas tax. Telling corporations to bring back the profits they have...
by Terrance Heath | Jun 25, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Health, This Is The GOP
Now that the Supreme Court has one again upheld the Affordable Care Act, it’s time for Republican governors to stop denying coverage to millions and expand their Medicaid programs. The Supreme Court’s 6–3 decision upholding federal subsidies in the Affordable Care Act...
by Jeff Bryant | Jun 25, 2015 | Blog, Education
As the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaches, you can count on seeing a lot of glowing stories about the great education progress made in New Orleans since a natural disaster killed nearly 2,000 people, emptied a beloved city, and gave public school...
by Bill Scher | Jun 25, 2015 | Blog, Climate
Republicans, who have complained for years that the Left wants to drum religious voices out of the "public square," suddenly want the Pope to stick to Sunday mass. "I think religion ought to be about making us better as people and less about things that end up getting...
