by Leo Gerard | Nov 25, 2014 | Blog
At the first Thanksgiving 383 years ago, Native Americans and Pilgrim immigrants gathered with mutual respect to share a bountiful harvest they’d produced together. This Thanksgiving, though, there’s no respect or sharing in the homes of GOP nativists. Suffering...
by john a. powell | Nov 25, 2014 | Blog, Democracy
Last night, like many across the world who were watching, we experienced deep disappointment in the decision by the St. Louis County grand jury not to indict Ferguson, Mo., police officer Darren Wilson for fatally shooting Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenage boy,...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 25, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
"60 Minutes" ran a report Sunday, "Falling apart: America's neglected infrastructure," describing the seriousness and damage to the economy caused by our country's crumbling infrastructure. Here are a few choice quotes, but really you should click through and watch...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 25, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision
The grand jury in Ferguson, Mo., has reached the decision many of us dreaded, but fully expected. Now, we must forge our profound disappointment into determination to achieve lasting justice, in Ferguson and beyond. [fve]http://youtu.be/S0FZZJzkivY[/fve] The Ferguson...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 24, 2014 | Blog, Populist Majority
Hillary Clinton invoked what she called the "vital center" in a speech before the New York Historical Society this past weekend as the place where most Americans want their politicians to be. But public opinion right now is actually tilted fairly leftward, according...
by Dean Baker | Nov 24, 2014 | Blog, Economy
December will mark the seventh anniversary of the beginning of the recession brought on by the collapse of the housing bubble. Usually an economy would be fully recovered from the impact of a recession seven years after its onset. Unfortunately, this is not close to...
