by Jeff Bryant | Nov 13, 2014 | Blog, Education
"Stop using tests to try to drive education reform." That's the conclusion from a recent in-depth report examining the pros and cons of new education standards called the Common Core and the standardized tests that accompany the new achievement targets. The report,...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 13, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Starting next year, Republicans will be forcing big cutbacks in mail service so they can say government doesn't work, and make the case for privatizing our U.S. Postal Service. Friday is a day of action to tell Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe and the USPS Board of...
by Bill Scher | Nov 13, 2014 | Blog, Climate
Last month in Politico Magazine as I chronicled how Republicans lost the culture war, I recounted how they bet wrong on gay marriage: After 2003, many on the right were in a panic once the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court established equal marriage rights for gays...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 13, 2014 | Blog, Trade
Democrats failed to provide relief or even offer hope to people who haven't seen their pay go up for years – and Democrats paid for it in last week's elections. This week, President Obama is in Asia pushing yet another job-killing, "NAFTA-style" trade agreement. Is...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 12, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
"No matter what you do for a living, you need a transportation system that functions, that’s safe and reliable." Ed Wytkind is President of the Transportation Trades Department of the AFL-CIO. That's a tough job right now because the country has backed off on funding...
by Robert Reich | Nov 12, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision
The President blames himself for the Democrat’s big losses Election Day. “We have not been successful in going out there and letting people know what it is that we’re trying to do and why this is the right direction,” he said Sunday. In other words, he didn’t...
