by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 17, 2016 | Conservatism, Jobs and Growth, People's Budget, Progressive Vision
[fve]https://youtu.be/hPrUKRNCptQ[/fve] The decision by the Federal Reserve on Wednesday to not increase interest rates right now beyond their current 0.25 to 0.5 percent range is a testament to the fragility of the slow economic recovery the United States is now...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 16, 2016 | Blog, Climate, Conservatism, Progressive Vision, This Is The GOP
The 24-hour closure of the number one transit system in the nation sent Washington into panic, and underscored the importance of investing in transportation infrastructure. Yes, you read that right. In February, the financial analytics firm SmartAsset dove into Census...
by Burning Issues Video | Mar 16, 2016 | Burning Issues, Trade
[fve]https://youtu.be/YPHwifSa2R0[/fve] Robert Scott, a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute, explains in a video released Tuesday and produced by the Campaign for America's Future the sharp difference between Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and...
by Robert Borosage | Mar 16, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
As expected, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton won big in the “Mini Super Tuesday” primaries Tuesday. On the Republican side, the outsiders – Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz – will brawl all the way into what still may be a contested convention. On the Democratic side,...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 15, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Here's what remains true after Tuesday's primary results: Sen. Bernie Sanders will arrive at the 2016 Democratic Convention in Philadelphia July 25-28 with a large support base, serious money, and the ability to ask for even more money for progressive groups. This is...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 15, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
In using the anger of his supporters to justify the escalating violence at his campaign rallies, Donald Trump is cynically exploiting a racial privilege as old, even older, than America itself. At a rally in North Carolina, Trump supporter John McGraw, 78, sucker...
