by Terrance Heath | Nov 20, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision
In Ferguson, Missouri, citizens and activists prepare for injustice, while government and law enforcement prepare for outraged reaction to injustice. But what about preparing for the justice Ferguson, and America, really needs? As it waits to hear whether the grand...
by Jeff Bryant | Nov 20, 2014 | Blog, Education
Every school day in the Lincoln Park community on the North Side of Chicago greets students with well-appointed institutions that include some of the best facilities that American public schools have to offer. Click over to the Yelp ratings for the elementary schools...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 20, 2014 | Blog, Retirement Security
Some surprising new polling results underscore the unpopularity – and long-term destructiveness – of Congress' ongoing attacks on the Social Security system. The new Republican Congress is expected to force additional office closures and impose additional cuts on the...
by Bill Scher | Nov 20, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism
On one hand, tonight's presidential announcement, removing the threat of deportation for up to 5 million of the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants living in America, will be a historic moment cherished especially by immigrant families that no longer will...
by Roger Hickey | Nov 20, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision, Winning Issues for 2014
Election 2014 was a sad replay of 2010. And it didn't have to be that way. In early summer 2010, three progressive economic activists – myself, Dean Baker, and Robert Kuttner – met with Obama political adviser David Axelrod in his tiny office in the White House, steps...
by Joshua Holland | Nov 19, 2014 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Last summer, Barack Obama and leaders of the European Union announced that negotiations would commence on another trade deal, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), a treaty that’s gotten significantly less attention than the TPP. Also known as...
