by Digby | Apr 5, 2013 | Blog
Mark this day. For the first time in history, a Democratic president has officially proposed to cut the Democratic Party's signature New Deal program, Social Security: President Obama next week will take the political risk of formally proposing cuts to Social Security...
by Thom Hartmann | Apr 4, 2013 | Blog
The Tennessee General Assembly is trying to subvert democracy. Republican lawmakers in that state want to revise our election process, and give themselves the power to select which candidates appear on the ballot for U.S. Senator. This is the latest GOP tactic to...
by Bill Scher | Apr 4, 2013 | Blog
A new report from the National Employment Law Project, "Scarring Effects: Demographics of the Long-Term Unemployed and the Danger of Ignoring the Jobs Deficit," is a blaring siren to policymakers in Washington. While noting that nearly 5 million people have been out...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 3, 2013 | Blog
Pulitzer Prize-winning former New York Times reporter Hedrick Smith is definitely on a mission these days, barnstorming the country not only to promote his latest book, "Who Stole the American Dream?," but to help us change the focus of the Washington political debate...
by Mary Bottari | Apr 3, 2013 | Blog
With Brendan FischerIn a victory for working families, New York is poised to become the largest U.S. city to require businesses offer paid days to workers. Community activists and labor leaders struck a deal with City Council Speaker Christine Quinn to allow a vote on...
by Robert Borosage | Apr 3, 2013 | Blog
The “rising American electorate” is the name given to the core of the Obama electoral majority of the young, single women, and minorities. Democratic pundits suggest that this coalition essentially dooms Republican presidential prospects for the foreseeable future. ...
