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...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 17, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Republicans in the Senate on Monday unanimously filibustered the Paycheck Fairness Act. Did you see this on the news? Did you hear about it on the radio? Did you read about it in your local paper? There is an election coming and accurate, objective information is...
by Bill Scher | Sep 16, 2014 | Blog
The big climate news in advance of next week's U.N. climate summit is a new global commission report that finds the investments needed to avert a climate crisis would likely not result in any net cost. According to the New York Times, "an ambitious series of measures...
