by Terrance Heath | Aug 24, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
With the launch of Campaign Zero, the #BlackLivesMatter movement raises its political game with detailed policy solutions to end police violence, and puts policy makers on notice by defining deliberate actions to implement these solutions. A group of influential...
by Peter Daou | Aug 19, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
I'm having PTSD. No, not from my war years in Beirut (I survived that) but from my time in John Kerry's war room in 2004, where I witnessed a brazen and shameful attack perpetrated against a decorated veteran's military service. That attack was aided and abetted by...
by Thom Hartmann | Aug 19, 2015 | Current Issues, Economy, Progressive Vision
Ann Coulter knows who she wants to be the Democratic nominee for president, and who that person is, well, it may surprise you. She wants Hillary Clinton to be the nominee, and thinks that if Bernie gets the nod, he’ll beat whoever the Republicans come up with to run...
by Robert Borosage | Aug 10, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
"It's over. Not one word about economic inequality, climate change, Citizens United or student debt,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) tweeted as the two-hour-long Republican presidential debate wrapped up Thursday night. "That’s why the Rs are so out of touch.” The...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 6, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Progressive Vision
President Obama is drafting an executive order to require federal contractors to provide sick leave for workers who are sick or caring for a sick relative. The order would benefit hundreds of thousands of Americans. How does this measure up to the Good Jobs Nation...
by Terrance Heath | Aug 6, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
August 9 will mark one year since officer Darren Wilson shot and killed unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. Too many black lives are still lost to police violence, but movements are now demanding that black lives matter. Some things have changed in...
