by Jeff Bryant | Dec 11, 2014 | Blog
"Failure is not an option," has been a popular slogan in public education for years. Although, flight engineers and astronauts in the Apollo 13 program originally coined the phrase as a motivator for competing against the Russians in the space race, some well-meaning...
by Robert Borosage | Dec 11, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism
The first signs of the November election returns are apparent in the $1 trillion spending bill the lame duck Congress is about to pass in Washington. Ironically, this spending bill was forged with resurgent Republicans on their best behavior. They are still a...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 11, 2014 | Blog, Economy, Financial Reform
It sounds like one of those fundraising emails Democratic groups kept sending out during the last election season, warning of imminent impeachment and other inflated threats: “Listen, I'm pleading.” “CRUSHING blow.” “Disaster.” “Kiss all hope goodbye.” “SHOCKING...
by Joshua Holland | Dec 10, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision
On Tuesday, amid much controversy and after a year of political combat between the Senate Intelligence Committee and the CIA, a long-anticipated summary of the committee’s report on the CIA’s detention and interrogation program was released. Here’s what you need to...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 10, 2014 | Blog
Are we a nation of laws or not? No one is held accountable for invading Iraq, bank fraud, shooting unarmed citizens or even torture. It's time to restore the rule of law. Everyone please, please watch this 4-minute segment from All In with Chris Hayes: Are really we a...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 10, 2014 | Blog, Trade
On a media call today, several immigrant rights leaders talked about the relationship between "NAFTA-CAFTA-Style" trade deals and the number of people forced to immigrate north to the U.S. They worry that the massive Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will move jobs from...
