by Terrance Heath | Sep 4, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
This week, President Obama gave a national landmark its name back. Wingnuts tried to make a mountain out of that molehill. President Obama made a historic trip to Alaska this week. What made it historic? Well, while there the president announced that he would restore...
by Larry Cohen | Sep 4, 2015 | Current Issues, Progressive Vision
Joining 100 marchers of many faiths and backgrounds while walking 15 miles on Highway 401 was intense, often fun, and inspirational. Beginning on August 1, the NAACP Journey has now covered 700 miles as it approaches the Virginia border, and prepares to march into...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 1, 2015 | Blog, Election 2016, Populist Majority, The New Populism
Whether you believe Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is an “electable” presidential candidate, the populist agenda Sanders has placed at the center of his campaign is absolutely an electable agenda. Once considered the longest of long-shot candidates, Sanders — the only...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 31, 2015 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
When Sen. Bernie Sanders initially began running for president, his hope was to "trigger the conversation" about the way the economic and political system is rigged by the billionaires and their corporations. He wanted to begin a movement around a vision of how the...
by Terrance Heath | Aug 28, 2015 | Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Wingnut reactions to the on-air shooting of two Roanoke, Virginia journalists brings to mind the famous question Joseph N. Welch asked Sen. Joseph McCarthy: “Have you no sense of decency, sir?” [fve]https://youtu.be/fqQD4dzVkwk[/fve] No, they don’t. It didn’t take...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 25, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
The big multinational corporations behind the still-secret Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) want to push it through Congress before the presidential campaign season risks bringing public scrutiny to the deal. To meet this timeline, our trade negotiators are under great...
