by Jeff Bryant | Apr 3, 2014 | Blog, Education
"Democrats Scramble to Stave Off Midterm Disaster" was the headline in The New York Times article this week reporting on "the problem" the party has with turning out its base in the upcoming midterm election. As the reporter explained, "Young voters have abandoned the...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 3, 2014 | Blog, Democracy
The Supreme Court’s McCutcheon ruling will be remembered as a decisive battle in a determined and wealthy minority’s war against the popular will. It is not the first such battle, nor will it be the last. And the people will continue to lose – unless and until the...
by Richard Long | Apr 2, 2014 | Better Off Budget, Blog
A day after the release of Paul Ryan’s “Path to Prosperity” budget, members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus gathered to discuss their own “Better Off Budget,” outside a room in the Cannon House Building where the House Budget Committee was marking up the Ryan...
by Bill Scher | Apr 2, 2014 | Blog
The New Republic's Jonathan Cohn has a satisfying article cataloging the litany of off-target Obamacare doomsday predictions. His fire largely torches conservative politicians and pundits, who deserve it. But he does not extend his ire to the driving force behind the...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 2, 2014 | Blog
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has been getting a lot of press for the lane closing scandal, allegations that he misused Hurricane Sandy relief funds and, more recently, for the shockingly sexist tone of his taxpayer-funded “vindication.” The common thread to all...
by Robert Borosage | Apr 2, 2014 | Blog
Rep. Paul Ryan’s fiscal 2015 budget will not become law. (Thank you, senators). It is a statement of values that is embraced this year, as it has been in the past, by virtually the entire Republican congressional caucus (the exceptions are a handful of dissenters who...
