by Bernie Horn | Jan 20, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
Due to the ghastly 2014 elections, more state legislators are Republican and the GOP controls more state legislative bodies than at any time since the 1920s. Republicans now control the governorship and both houses of the legislature in 23 states: Alabama, Arizona,...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 19, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
(Previously published, with some revisions) Here it comes again. This holiday weekend we'll see a lot of media coverage of Martin Luther King, Jr. But we'll hear very little about who he really was - a brave and visionary leader whose vision is as relevant today as...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 16, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
A White House announcement today made it clear that progressives will be on their own in the battle to boost public investment in our public assets. The White House today announced the creation of an infrastructure bonds program designed to attract private financing...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 16, 2015 | Blog
We all know how NAFTA turned out for us (for most of us, anyway). We all know how opening up trade with China turned out. It's right in front of our faces. Who hasn't seen the boarded-up downtowns of closed-down "factory towns?" Who hasn't felt the fear of...
by Jeff Bryant | Jan 16, 2015 | Blog, Education
Here's how ridiculous the nation's obsession with standardized testing has gotten: Last week Education Week reporter Catherine Gewertz came across a news item about a school in Florida that "forbid the flushing of toilets during testing … to cut down on the...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 16, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism
It's tough to be disabled in America. It's tough anywhere, of course. But, as Rebecca Vallas notes: "According to the OECD, the U.S. disability benefit system is the most restrictive and least generous of all member countries, except for Korea." And nowhere else in...
