by Leo Gerard | Jun 10, 2014 | Blog
A dozen North Carolinians had the brazen idea that, as American citizens, they could exercise their right to express their concerns to one of their elected representatives, Thom Tillis, who is the general assembly’s Speaker of the House. They waited patiently...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 9, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism, Health
The city of Texarkana sits on the border of Texas and Arkansas. Arkansas expanded Medicaid under Obamacare but in Texas Republicans blocked it. Meanwhile in Virginia, Republicans bribed a Democratic senator to resign, enabling Republicans to block people from getting...
by Harvey J Kaye | Jun 9, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism, Progressive Vision
If you ever doubt the powers of the past, just consider how much the Right fears them. It is a fear that drives them to continuously try to control the past and our memory of it: They try to deny history. They try to manipulate it. They try to suppress it. Indeed,...
by Richard Eskow | Jun 8, 2014 | Blog, Democracy
[fve]http://youtu.be/OMxwFn_YCgE[/fve] A few months back the filmmakers Carl Deal and Tia Lessin got some bad news. The PBS funding that they had counted on to complete their documentary on campaign financing was being withdrawn. This setback came not long after PBS...
by Terrance Heath | Jun 6, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
The safe release of an American POW is usually a cause for celebration. But there will be no yellow ribbons on the right for Army Sgt. Bowe Berghdal, who was released after being held by the Taliban for five years. Sgt. Bergdahl was the last American held by the...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 6, 2014 | Blog, Trade
Wednesday's trade balance report showed that just two years after signing a "free trade" agreement with South Korea we have reached a record monthly trade deficit of $2.3 billion with that country, up from $1.3 billion the month before. Now South Korea is attacking...
