by Dave Johnson | Nov 6, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision
Across the country progressive policies won at the ballot box, while Democratic candidates lost. Many of those Democratic candidates ran on "centrist" (i.e. "corporate") platforms that repudiated ("distanced themselves from") core Democratic policies and positions....
by Richard Eskow | Nov 6, 2014 | Blog, Democracy
[fve]http://youtu.be/4qG4Lnenx4w#start=945[/fve] On Wednesday we spoke with Celinda Lake, a leading strategist for Democrats and progressive organizations, about the election's results. Her key observations: ● It was a “wave” election. That can be seen in the...
by Jeff Bryant | Nov 6, 2014 | Blog, Education
The anticipated role education was presumed to have in this week's midterm election generally did not pan out. Most analysts have concluded the election results derived from a wave of voter "discontent" mostly due to widespread economic dissatisfaction. Republican...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 6, 2014 | Blog, Trade
A "week of action" starts Saturday against "fast-track" trade promotion authority legislation, which would be used to usher in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) "trade" (i.e. corporate rights) agreement. Click here to tell Congress to vote no on “fast-track”...
by Lynne Stuart Parramore | Nov 6, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism
Most of us did not escape that moment on the playground when the bully came over and demanded our candy. What could we do? The bruising boy and the mean girl used fear and intimidation to get their way. If that didn’t work, there were other methods. Sometimes the...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 6, 2014 | Blog, Economy
Call it the Election That Never Was. We've heard a lot of talk about this week's election, but the election we needed is the one we didn't see. The important issues, the issues that affected people's daily lives, were never debated. Voters never heard a genuine...
