by Jake Jacobs | May 28, 2018 | Blog
Cynthia Nixon’s upstart challenge to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic Party Primary highlights a major theme of the 2018 midterms: progressive candidates forcing establishment Democrats further left on education. One way Nixon is moving the needle?...
by Leo Gerard | May 25, 2018 | Blog
President Donald Trump dealt himself a strong hand before negotiating with China. He held three aces. He’d placed tariffs on imported aluminum and steel in response to unrelenting Chinese overproduction. He’d threatened tariffs on $150 billion in Chinese imports in...
by Jeff Bryant | May 24, 2018 | Blog
Anyone wondering whether teacher uprisings this spring will influence party politics and elections in November should look at what's happened in this year's primaries so far. Most prominent among primary contests involving education issues was an improbable win in...
by Adrienne Evans | May 23, 2018 | Blog
I was recently in Washington, D.C., when a woman from Arizona came up to me on the street. She noticed the button I was wearing for our campaign, RiseUp Idaho. “What’s that?” she asked. “It’s about restoring our democracy,” I said, “It’s not about party politics.” I...
by Richard Eskow | May 22, 2018 | Blog
It’s not just that Mick Mulvaney has no scruples; he has no shame. It has become commonplace to see Trump administration officials, up to and including the president, abuse public resources for personal gain and comfort. But private planes, $31,000 dining room sets,...
by Jeff Bryant | May 21, 2018 | Blog
Teachers in North Carolina made a huge statement when they shut down schools in at least 42 districts and thronged the state capital in an all-day march and rally that drew an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 people – way more than the 15,000 the state teachers'...
