by Bill Scher | May 5, 2014 | Blog, Populist Majority
With a new wave of populism rising, the Campaign for America's Future has announced that tickets are on sale for "The New Populism Conference," convening May 22 in Washington and featuring Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Starting at 9 a.m. at the Washington Court Hotel near...
by Bill Scher | May 5, 2014 | Blog
[fve]http://youtu.be/4TDrqn4U3OE[/fve] Yesterday the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation presented former President George H. W. Bush with its "Profile In Courage" award in honor of his decision to risk his political future and compromise with Democrats by raising...
by Dave Johnson | May 5, 2014 | Blog
Wednesday May 7 is Fair Trade Day. Add your voice to the movement to stop "Fast Track," which will be used to push the Trans-Pacific Partnership corporate dominance treaty through Congress. There is a “Fair Trade rally” in the Upper Senate Park in Washington, D.C. at...
by Richard Eskow | May 5, 2014 | Blog, Economy
His racism got all the headlines, but there was something to be learned from Donald Sterling’s other words. So, before the spotlight turns elsewhere and Sterling crawls back into well-deserved obscurity, it’s worth considering his usefulness as a representative sample...
by Bill Scher | May 2, 2014 | Blog
Earlier this week, former President Bill Clinton delivered a 90-minute defense of his economic record, which some are analyzing through the prism of Hillary Clinton's expected presidential campaign. But within that defense, Clinton admitted to a big mistake: the...
by Dave Johnson | May 2, 2014 | Blog
Republicans aren't for things. Instead they run from one hysterical anti-something scream to the next. They have shifted from the "noun-verb-911" of the Bush years to "Obama said you didn't build this" road and bridge, then to "Obamacare failed" and after Obamacare...
