by Leo Gerard | Aug 22, 2018 | Blog
The stock market is bubbly. Unemployment is at record lows. On financial news shows, someone always seems to be singing, “Happy Days are Here Again.” But the chorus isn’t so cheery on factory floors. There are no Happy Days at the Harley Davidson plant to be shuttered...
by Erica Johnson | Aug 19, 2018 | Blog
There’s a phrase we use here in Iowa to say how people should treat one another: “Iowa Nice.” We think of ourselves as kind, generous, family friendly and closely-knit, and with a knack for finding common-sense solutions together. But “Iowa Nice” takes on a different...
by Robert Borosage | Aug 17, 2018 | Blog
Mainstream media has settled into conventional themes about this year's primary elections. After Tuesday’s voting in Wisconsin, Iowa, Vermont and Connecticut, the press trotted out the expected conclusions: “Democrats go for diversity; Republicans pick pro Trump...
by Miles Mogulescu | Aug 16, 2018 | Blog
Millions of Americans sit helplessly by as an unfit, narcissistic, ignorant, pathologically lying, misogynistic, racist, xenophobic President allies himself with Russia and Putin against our government. He does nothing to protect American elections against continued...
by Robert Kraig | Aug 15, 2018 | Blog
Mandela Barnes, Marisabel Cabrera, Jeff Smith and Sarah Godlewski: remember these names. These four members of Citizen Action Wisconsin, who all won primary races Tuesday night by wide margins, are proof the blue wave Democrats hope will crest in November continues to...
by Adrienne Evans | Aug 14, 2018 | Blog
A lot is at stake when we go to vote this year. It’s about restoring our faith in our leaders, but more than that, it’s about restoring our faith in one another. How did we get here? Let’s step back to November, two years ago. For some, that was a vote of privilege –...
