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....
by Richard Eskow | Nov 4, 2014 | Blog, Democracy
[fve]http://youtu.be/9kIfLigGGyk?list=UUcnNWp-tx3-FaCWV4pMFTAg[/fve] Here's an interview with CAF's very own Roger Hickey on the importance of this election, the factors shaping it, and what we've seen (and haven't seen) that have brought us to this point. Hickey also...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 4, 2014 | Blog
A personal note: Tonight I'll joining the live election-night television coverage from The Young Turks with Cenk Uygur. I'll be on the air from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Eastern time (5-8 p.m. Pacific). For those who aren't familiar with the show, Wikipedia describes it...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 4, 2014 | Blog, Trade
According to the U.S. Commerce Department the massive U.S. trade deficit jumped 7.6 percent in September, draining another $43 billion from our economy in a single month. U.S. exports fell to their lowest in five months. Meanwhile, August's trade deficit was revised...
