by Richard Long | Feb 5, 2014 | Democracy
If you follow politics, you know the names Koch, Adelson, American Crossroads and Priorities USA Action. If you don’t know the names, you know their tools, the fearmongering ads that purport that voting for this candidate or another will cause the downfall of the...
by Leo Gerard | Jan 28, 2014 | Democracy, Economy
Just about everything Americans need to know about the surge of income inequality is contained in the 43-page indictment last week of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell. The Republican governor and his wife are accused of a sleazy exchange — taking pricey gifts like a...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 22, 2014 | Democracy, Progressive Vision
The organizer of a February 8 "moral march" on Raleigh, N.C. says he wants the largest mass demonstration in the South since the 1965 Selma to Montgomery, Ala., civil right march to be a loud rebuke against Tea-Party extremism in state legislatures around the country....
by Richard Eskow | Jan 22, 2014 | Democracy
When the President of the United States delivers his State of the Union message next week, he'll be speaking to the wealthiest Congress in history. What does it mean for a representative democracy when most of its representatives are insulated from the real-world...
by Guest Writer | Jan 20, 2014 | Conservatism, Democracy, Progressive Vision
By Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II Note: This is an excerpt of an acceptance speech given by Rev. Barber on November 6, 2013, when he received the Paul Wellstone Citizen Leadership Award from the Campaign for America's Future. During this speech, he announced the...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 15, 2014 | Conservatism, Democracy
Republicans filibustered the extension of unemployment benefits on the Senate floor Tuesday. Why? Because they can get away with it. Look at how the press reported what happened. If the public doesn't know that filibusters are occurring, how can democracy hold...
