by Leo Gerard | Sep 23, 2014 | Blog, Democracy
The GOP is working desperately to deny the right to vote to citizens it doesn't like. You know, poor people, black people, Hispanic people, old people, female people, especially people it believes are inclined to vote for Democrats. Republican politicians have hatched...
by Richard Eskow | Sep 23, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision
Writing on our blog and in Real Clear Politics, my Campaign for America's Future colleague Bill Scher dismisses Zephyr Teachout's call for progressive primary challenges against conservative Democrats. Scher argues the left should focus instead on "gaining influence...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 23, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism
The Republican political strategy has been to obstruct efforts to help the economy for everyone but the wealthiest few, and then campaign on complaints that the economy isn't helping anyone but the wealthiest few. It's working. In President Obama's July 12 weekly...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 22, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
[fve]http://youtu.be/mQGtZnitGB0[/fve] This past Sunday was declared "Freedom Sunday" by a coalition of civil rights and religious organizations to rally African Americans and others to register to vote. That's all to the good, but Maya Rockeymoore, CEO of the Center...
by Robert Borosage | Sep 22, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision, Winning Issues for 2014
As the election heads into its home stretch, regular people start to tune in. In contested states and districts, they have little choice, as their TV shows are overrun with campaign spots, almost all of them negative. Much of what we’ve heard about the election is now...
by Bill Scher | Sep 19, 2014 | Blog, Climate
The White House will be applying a "full-court press" on the climate during the United Nations Climate Summit next week. In addition to President Obama's address to the summit, which will detail all that he is trying to accomplish by executive action, the Cabinet will...
