by Bernie Horn | Feb 23, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism
In state legislatures, 2015 is the right wing’s best chance to enact the most extreme legislation. The right now controls more state legislatures than at any time since the 1920s. This opportunity is fleeting. Because of increased voter turnout in presidential years,...
by Richard Eskow | Feb 23, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Democracy
Last week the nation was treated to the sad and embarrassing spectacle of Jeb Bush, mollycoddled scion to an empire of failure, proclaiming that "I'm my own man." Here's a simple rule of thumb: Anyone who has to say he's his own man, or woman, isn't. The 62-year-old...
by Robert Borosage | Feb 23, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism
The furor following Rudolph Giuliani’s ugly slur against President Obama has distracted from what poses a far greater threat to the country than the vile rantings of a washed-up big city pol. Republicans, joined by some Democrats, are fanning the flames of war,...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 23, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
While construction of other high-speed rail lines around the country has been blocked, California's line between San Francisco and Los Angeles is actually getting built. This single project is triggering a lot of potential American hiring. As it proceeds, we should...
by Jeff Bryant | Feb 20, 2015 | Blog, Education
Is forcing every child to take annual standardized tests in reading and math a civil rights issue? That certainly seems to be one of the questions most in consideration in Washington, since deliberations began on how to rewrite the federal government's most...
by Emily Schwartz Greco | Feb 19, 2015 | Blog, Climate
What do the executives who run money-losing companies make? Millions of dollars if they’re coal overlords. Take Gregory Boyce. He’s pocketed more than $60 million over the past nine years while steering Peabody Energy into a ditch. Shares in Peabody, the world’s...
