by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 6, 2015 | Democracy
As fate would have it, the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act coincides with the first 2016 Republican presidential nomination debate. This confluence is important, for the people who will stand on the debate stage in Ohio are among those who are...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 3, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Democracy
This weekend gave us another one of those every-four-year stories about this presidential election being the one in which the Republican Party finally breaks through and wins more than a one-in-10 share of the black vote. The latest version of this story came from The...
by Emily Foster | Jul 30, 2015 | Democracy
After more than 100,000 people on Wednesday evening participated in over 3,500 organizational meetings to rally support and hear the message of presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, the Vermont senator today appeared before a Hispanic business association to talk...
by Alan Jenkins | Jul 27, 2015 | Blog, Democracy
It’s a rare moment when two branches of our federal government take major steps to expand opportunity for all Americans. But, with relatively little fanfare, that’s what’s happened over the last few weeks in the critical area of housing. First, on June 25, the U.S....
by Dave Johnson | Jul 27, 2015 | Blog, Democracy
Presidential candidate Jeb Bush gave a speech last Monday at an event organized by a corporate lobbying group in which he vowed to cripple our government. So who gets to be in charge if he succeeds? Who decides how to allocate our country's resources, determine and...
by Joshua Ferrer | Jul 16, 2015 | Democracy
President Obama will make history today when he becomes the first sitting president to visit a federal prison. The visit is the latest in a series of speeches and events this week aimed at drawing attention to the need for criminal justice reform. On Monday, Obama...