by Rev. William Barber | Nov 5, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision
DURHAM, NC: Now that the 2014 Midterm election results are in for North Carolina, the North Carolina NAACP and Forward Together Moral Movement have released the following statement: The diverse coalition that makes up the Forward Together Moral Monday movement came...
by Digby | Nov 5, 2014 | Blog
I know we're all supposed to be throwing on our hair shirts and wandering around the streets begging for forgiveness for being losers but I just don't have the stomach for it this time out. I expected this loss, everything pointed toward it and I don't think it says...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 5, 2014 | Blog, Economy, Progressive Vision
Politics is about delivering for your constituents. Underneath it all, this election was a statement by people against an economy that is not working for them. We've heard the story but here it is again. Most people say the country is still in a recession as far as...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 5, 2014 | Blog, Economy, Jobs and Growth
In an otherwise dismal election, progressive populist victories on state ballot initiatives to raise the minimum wage reveal a way forward for Democrats who are paying attention. Going into the 2014 mid-term election, the odds — and deep-pocketed billionaire donors —...
by Robert Borosage | Nov 5, 2014 | Blog, Democracy, Progressive Vision
Debacle. Bloodbath. Call it what you will. Democrats, as expected, fared poorly in red states in an off-year election. Worse, unpopular Republican governors survived. This was ugly. Yes, the electorate was as skewed as was the map. Many Republicans won office with the...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 4, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision
[fve]http://youtu.be/kh87T9v460A[/fve] Sean McElwee discusses voter turnout and its impact on democracy with Richard Eskow Sean McElwee, a writer and a research assistant at Demos, wrote an excellent piece laying out the importance of voter turnout in four charts....
