by Terrance Heath | Jan 20, 2016 | Blog, Economy, Jobs and Growth, Progressive Vision
The record $1.5 billion jackpot has been won, and Powerball mania has died down for now, but Americans are still stuck with a Powerball economy powered by the “lottery mentality.” A week ago, Americans were in the grip of Powerball mania. A record-making $1.5 billion...
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 Hedrick Smith | Jan 19, 2016 | Democracy, Progressive Vision
Back in the 1960s, when I was covering Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis and other civil rights activists for The New York Times, I remember die-hard segregationists hurling an accusation at Dr. King that he was an “outside agitator.” “You’re comin’ into our town,”...
by Fred Redmond | Jan 19, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Progressive Vision, This Is The GOP
The GOP debate last week featured more immigrant bashing with the party’s front-runner, Donald Trump, reasserting his plan to construct a wall – this one a religious barrier preventing Muslims from getting into the country. Trump has mocked a disabled journalist and...
by Robert Borosage | Jan 19, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Ten million people watched the Democratic debate on Sunday despite Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s best efforts to bury it on a holiday weekend night after the NFL playoffs. All three candidates had strong moments in a generally...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 14, 2016 | Election 2016, Progressive Vision
A new, deeply researched book to be published next month takes direct aim at much of the Democratic and progressive establishment, asserting that it is missing opportunities to build a durable political majority by not being fully engaged with the people of color at...
