by Robert Reich | Jan 20, 2016 | Blog, Economy, Jobs and Growth, Progressive Vision
Why did the white working class abandon the Democrats? The conventional answer is Republicans skillfully played the race card. In the wake of the Civil Rights Act, segregationists like Alabama Governor George C. Wallace led southern whites out of the Democratic Party....
by Sam Pizzigati | Jan 19, 2016 | Blog, Economy
Every winter the world’s political and business elite retreat to the Swiss mountain resort of Davos to think deep thoughts and sup at five-star eateries. The corporate execs, bankers, and finance ministers who frequent this annual Davos World Economic Forum have of...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 19, 2016 | Blog, Economy
You're going to be hearing a lot of whining and moaning in the coming days about the budget deficit going up. Well, guess what: the same people who will be whining and moaning about deficits and "government spending" pushed through massive tax cuts last year, which...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 12, 2016 | Economy, Populist Majority, Progressive Vision
At first glance, a poll released this week by USA Today and Rock the Vote, done by Ipsos, seems to confound our narrative that a majority of millennials identify more with progressives than conservatives. In fact, when asked that question point-blank when it comes to...
by Liz Ryan Murray | Jan 11, 2016 | Blog, Economy, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
In South Carolina on Saturday, the Republican candidates for president got together to discuss what they would do to address poverty in America. If you missed it, they promised that if elected they would do everything in their power to make things worse by cutting...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 8, 2016 | Conservatism, Economy, Election 2016
Republican leaders, including six of the GOP presidential candidates, on Saturday will engage in one of their occasional displays of "compassionate conservatism," in which they seek to convince voters that they actually do care about people struggling to climb out of...
