by Bill Moyers | Dec 18, 2015 | Blog, Democracy, Progressive Vision
by Bill Moyers and Michael Winship Television news has gone off its rocker and turned our politics into the equivalent of a freak show’s hall of mirrors. The networks have grasped Donald Trump to their collective bosom like the winner of one of those misogynistic,...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 18, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Democracy, Progressive Vision, This Is The GOP
Republicans put a surprise sneak law into the big, last-minute "omnibus" budget bill: It bans the administration from making companies and "charities" disclose who is putting up the baksheesh money for political campaigns. The president has to sign it or the...
by Hedrick Smith | Dec 15, 2015 | Democracy, Tax Reform
If you wonder what price we all pay for corporate money flooding political campaigns ($1.7 billion in 2014), see Exhibit A — the decision by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer to renounce its U.S. citizenship and become an Irish company in order to duck U.S. corporate income...
by Bill Scher | Nov 16, 2015 | Blog, Democracy
Presidential candidate Marco Rubio has a big problem. As I previously detailed here, in 2013 Rubio tragicomically botched his attempt to lead on immigration reform, angering both pro- and anti-immigrant camps. For Republican primary voters who oppose citizenship for...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 5, 2015 | Blog, Democracy, Progressive Vision
Off-year elections are almost never good for progressives, and 2015 is no exception. But this off-year election held some surprising victories for progressives in Maine, Ohio, Washington and elsewhere that could lay the foundation for more victories to come. Earlier...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 3, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Democracy, Progressive Vision
Ohioans are voting Tuesday on a constitutional amendment to ban gerrymandering that could cure much of what ails our government and fix our broken political process. Ohio residents are voting on Issue One, which passed the Ohio General Assembly as HJR 12 last year,...
