by Dave Johnson | Nov 6, 2013 | Blog
Everyone is reading the tea leaves to understand what the Virginia or New York City or New Jersey elections might mean in 2014 and 2016. Does Christie's election mean Republican "moderates" are ascendant? Does Bill de Blasio's election show that progressives are the...
by Bill Scher | Nov 6, 2013 | Blog
Tonight at 6:30 PM in Washington, DC progressives inlcuding Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Van Jones and Rep. Donna Edwards will gather to honor grassroots champions, Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, Leo Gerard and Margery Tabankin at the Celebrating America's Future 2013...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 6, 2013 | Blog
The current filibuster rules are being used to thwart the will of We the People. Republicans have abused it to obstruct everything -- and I do mean everything. The solution is to change the rules and make them talk, not kill the filibuster entirely. Obstructing The...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 6, 2013 | Blog
We wrote an extended piece, available at AlterNet and Salon, on a new poll funded by Esquire magazine and NBC News which claims to have discovered the existence of something called “the New American Center.” The methodology is flawed, the questions are biased,...
by Robert Borosage | Nov 5, 2013 | Blog
On November 6, Elizabeth Warren will do a star turn before 400 progressive leaders, activists and legislators at the annual awards gala sponsored by the Campaign for America’s Future. Her prominence is a tribute to her stunningly rapid ascension as a leader of what...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 4, 2013 | Blog
"To a hammer," the old saying says, "everything looks like a nail." And to the Beltway insiders who push corporate-friendly "bipartisanship," every election proves that voters really want to be governed by an amalgam of elites from both parties. For some reason they...
