by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 5, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
[fve]https://vimeo.com/135133696[/fve] As an expert on nuclear weapons issues who has served on the staff of the House Armed Services Committee and the State Department's International Security Advisory Board, Joe Cirincione has been involved in numerous discussions...
by Lynne Stuart Parramore | Aug 4, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Financial Reform, Progressive Vision
America’s parasitical oligarchs are masters of public relations. One of their favorite tactics is to masquerade as defenders of the common folk while neatly arranging things behind the scenes so that they can continue to plunder unimpeded. Perhaps nowhere is this...
by Robert Reich | Aug 3, 2015 | Current Issues, Economy, Progressive Vision
“He can’t possibly win the nomination,” is the phrase heard most often when Washington insiders mention either Donald Trump or Bernie Sanders. Yet as enthusiasm for the bombastic billionaire and the socialist senior continues to build within each party, the political...
by Sam Pizzigati | Aug 3, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Progressive Vision
“Taking from the successful people to provide for those that aren’t isn’t the solution,” as White House hopeful Jeb Bush pronounced this past spring. “The solution is, How do you build capacity so people can achieve earned success?” The core assumption behind this...
by Terrance Heath | Jul 29, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
When I heard of Sandra Bland’s death in a Texas jail, after a traffic stop on a dusty road in Waller County, Texas, I thought of the time my father gave me The Talk that generations of African-American parents have had with their children. My father’s father had it...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 29, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
Rexdale Wayne Henry, a Mississippi Choctaw Native American activist, was arrested on July 9 for failing to pay an old traffic fine. He was found dead in his Philadelphia, Mississippi jail cell on July 14. What happened? Sources say Rex Henry was running for tribal...
