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...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 19, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Progressives have not only been able to beat back the D.C.-elite effort to cut Social Security, we put the idea of expanding Social Security on the table instead. We pushed LGBT rights and gay marriage and have won significant victories. Sunday's Climate March will...
by Jeff Bryant | Sep 18, 2014 | Blog, Education
Since "The Wizard of Oz," the term "we're not in Kansas anymore" has been shorthand for saying we've changed the usual surroundings for a new, disorienting terrain. For school children who actually live in Kansas, that would likely be a relief. Since the nation's...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 18, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Airlines have been notoriously following the typical American capitalist business model of (literally) squeezing the customer into smaller and more uncomfortable seats, literally starving their customers, extorting cash for a bit more comfort on long trips, charging...
by Richard Eskow | Sep 18, 2014 | Blog, Climate
This is a critical week for the planet. A United Nations conference on the climate will be followed on Saturday by the People’s Climate March, which is expected to be the largest environmental march in history. But it would be a grave mistake, for the planet and for...
