by Jeff Bryant | Jan 6, 2012 | Blog, Education
I remember the day that the poor kids showed up at our school. It was in 1964. Classes had already started, and I was in second grade, surrounded by my familiar friends from my mostly white, mostly well-to-do, suburban neighborhood in North Dallas. Their bus showed up...
by Terrance Heath | Jan 5, 2012 | Blog, Economy, Minimum Wage
Bachmann is gone. Perry was out, then back in, and is filing briefs in Virginia. Having tumbled from front-runner to fourth place, Newt stormed out of Iowa, heading for New Hampshire to prepare for the next round. After "winning" the Iowa caucuses, Mitt Romney is now...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 4, 2012 | Blog
President Obama moved an obstructing GOP out of the way earlier today, announcing that he was making a recess appointment to get the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) up and running. Later, the White House announced he is doing the same to get the National...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 4, 2012 | Blog, Financial Reform, Making it in America
Don't get too distracted by the fissures in the Republican electorate revealed in Tuesday night's Iowa caucus vote. On basic economic issues, in fact, the candidates are remarkably united; there's hardly eight votes worth of difference between Mitt Romney and Rick...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 4, 2012 | Blog
There are so many unanswered questions and contradictions all around us. But like the families of alcoholics in denial we stay quiet and try not to rock the boat. Here are some questions that need to be asked, and maybe 2012 can be the year we start demanding answers....
