by Dave Johnson | May 27, 2014 | Blog, Populist Majority
At last week's New Populism conference, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) talked about how the multinational corporations rig the game against working people. "Why are trade deals secret? ... because if the American people knew what was going on, they would be opposed."...
by Bill Scher | May 27, 2014 | Blog, Climate
During MSNBC's "Up With Steve Kornacki" on Sunday, I was asked if Tom Steyer's $100 million campaign to defeat Republican climate science deniers in 2014 would make the climate issue less brutal for Democrats. My short answer: no. Because on Monday, it's a whole new...
by Richard Eskow | May 27, 2014 | Blog, Populist Majority, The New Populism
[fve]http://youtu.be/f3_FrPkFLi0[/fve] “Democratic movements are initiated by people who have individually managed to attain a high level of personal political self-respect,” historian Lawrence Goodwyn wrote nearly four decades ago. “They are not resigned; they are...
by Terrance Heath | May 23, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
This week saw a number of right-wingers being pulled up short, one way or another, including some of the biggest names in wingnuttia. For each wingnut up to his tinfoil hat in trouble of his own making, I can only say, “It couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.” It’s hard to...
by Dave Johnson | May 23, 2014 | Blog, Populist Majority, Progressive Vision
After Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) gave her rousing speech at the New Populism Conference Thursday, she, of course, was asked if she was going to run for President. (The crowd was chanting "Run, Elizabeth, Run!") Warren replied, "I am not running for president,"...
by Richard Eskow | May 23, 2014 | Blog, Financial Reform
In 10th century Japan a "pillow book" was a form of diary, a place to gather notes, lists and other scraps of paper and reflect upon them before retiring to bed. A "court lady" to the Empress used hers to depict life in the royal household, and today "The Pillow Book...
