by Digby | Jan 13, 2014 | Conservatism, Democracy
This piece by Arun Gupta gets to something important about our American "democracy": [T]hese days Americans have as much familiarity with democracy as they do with homesteading on the frontier. We like to imagine ourselves as pioneering statesmen, hewing a sturdy...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 3, 2014 | Democracy, Economy, Populist Majority, Progressive Vision, Unemployment Benefits
Federal unemployment assistance for 1.3 million people who have been unemployed longer than 26 weeks expired last Saturday, after Republicans blocked efforts to extend them. 3.6 million more people will lose these benefits over this year. Restoring these benefits is a...
by Thom Hartmann | Jan 2, 2014 | Democracy, Economy, Financial Reform, Progressive Vision
In our nation, finance has a hold on almost every single part of our lives – from the day we're born, until we take our last breath. Capitalism and the quest for larger profits have taken hold of our healthcare, our education, our homes, our communication, and even...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 6, 2013 | Democracy, Making it in America, Trans-Pacific Partnership
This is an urgent warning that the country's big-corporate elite are about to try to push something called "Fast Track" Trade Promotion Authority through Congress, in preparation for pushing through the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) corporate "investor rights"...
by Thom Hartmann | Dec 4, 2013 | Conservatism, Democracy, Economy, Health, Retirement Security
The American Legislative Exchange Council has one heck of an agenda for 2014, and it all centers around one idea – profit over people. ALEC will meet this week in Washington, DC, for its “States and Nation Policy Summit.” The event is a closed-door conference...
by Digby | Nov 21, 2013 | Conservatism, Democracy, This Is The GOP
Kids, don't say Harry Reid never did anything for you. He and the Senate Democrats just ended the use of the filibuster for executive branch appointments and lower court judges. What this means is that the dominance of our judicial system by batshit insane right wing...
