by Dave Johnson | Oct 31, 2014 | Blog, Tax Reform
Politicians often don't know about a problem – never mind fix it – unless people organize and make their feelings known. When you sign an online petition, send an email and especially donate to a cause, it can make a real difference. In the case of companies...
by Jeff Bryant | Oct 31, 2014 | Blog, Education
Most folks in the Democratic Party have a problem with the Citizens United ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that permitted goo-gobs of corporate and private interest cash to be dumped onto our elections. The party's platform supports amending the Constitution to...
by Bill Scher | Oct 31, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism
The fundamentals of the 2014 Senate map are tilted toward the Republicans, with Democrats defending seven seats in states that Mitt Romney won. And yet, with only four days until Election Day (and many already taking advantage of early voting), the polls are all tied...
by Editors | Oct 30, 2014 | Blog, Economy, Populist Majority
The “Survey of Young Americans’ Attitudes Toward Politics and Public Service released this week by the Harvard Institute of Politics seems to send a simple, direct image: Democrats, you have lost the support of millennials. But the tragedy of this poll is that it...
by Joshua Holland | Oct 30, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision
Ferguson, Missouri, was a powder-keg waiting for a match long before August 9 and Michael Brown’s fateful encounter with Police Officer Darren Wilson. It is one of many predominantly black communities across the United States plagued by highly concentrated poverty,...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 30, 2014 | Blog, Democracy
As Election Day approaches, two reports show us exactly how corrupted our political system has become. Unless voters come out in force, it looks like corporate money is about to buy itself another house of Congress. The Wall Street Journal analyzed filings from the...
