by Richard Eskow | Apr 8, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision, Rick Perlstein
Despite the power of incumbency, the backing of President Obama, and an array of wealthy and powerful backers, Rahm Emanuel nevertheless became the first mayor in Chicago history to be forced into a runoff. Sure, Jesús "Chuy" Garcia's defeat was a setback for the...
by Gloria Totten | Apr 7, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
This has not been a positive year in state legislatures, and there’s a good chance that, for progressives, this may be the worst session in decades. Wisconsin imposed “right-to-work.” Nevada suspended prevailing wage rules for school construction projects. South...
by Leo Gerard | Apr 7, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Progressive Vision
After Indiana Republicans passed a license to discriminate law, a restaurant called Memories Pizza in the Hoosier town of Walkerton stepped up last week to make sure potential customers knew its religious rules: “No Shirt, No Shoes, No Certification of...
by Bill Scher | Apr 7, 2015 | Blog, Climate, Populism2015
America's clean energy market continues to grow. Our wind power capacity is estimated to grow 85 percent by 2020. The U.S. Energy Department touts that "every 3 weeks the U.S. installs more solar power than in all of 2008." The wave even reaches conservative states...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 6, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) — and the rigged "Fast Track" process designed to pass it before the public has a chance to react — has become a new "third rail" for progressives and the activist Democratic "base." (This is also true on the right, by the way.)...
by Robert Borosage | Apr 6, 2015 | Blog, Populism2015, Progressive Vision
A populist energy is building in America, and beginning to drive the debate in the Democratic Party. It’s escalating both in the battle of ideas and in action on the ground. It’s starting to propel change at the state and local level, and challenge the limits of the...
