by Miya Pontes | Feb 5, 2015 | Progressive Vision
This Valentine’s Day – Saturday, February 14 – join the Forward Together Moral Movement's Mass Moral March on Raleigh in North Carolina. The march is a protest against extremist right-wing policies that are having detrimental effects on the people of North Carolina,...
by Bernie Sanders | Feb 5, 2015 | Economy, Progressive Vision
The good news is the country has made substantial economic progress in the last six years since President Bush left office. Instead of losing 800,000 jobs a month as we were during the final months of the Bush administration, we are now creating some 250,000 jobs a...
by Richard Eskow | Feb 4, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Progressive Vision
Has the American left lost sight of the big picture? While liberals have been fighting line-item battles against the Republican right, government itself has been changing – and slowly disappearing. Are we winning some battles (not so many, come to think of it) but...
by Jacob Swenson-Lengyel | Feb 3, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision, Rick Perlstein
[fve]http://youtu.be/EbZgQmP0VZ0[/fve] Reclaim Chicago video Since the midterm elections, the media has been buzzing about the growing schism between Wall Street Democrats and the populist wing of the party. Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s recent victories give evidence for...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 2, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Economy, Financial Reform, Progressive Vision
President Obama has submitted a budget proposal that (finally) signals a break from cuts and austerity. It largely pushes in the right direction. Republicans will oppose it — even the parts they agree with. Signals Dividing Line Between Cutbacks And Public Investment...
by Alan Jenkins | Jan 29, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week in a very important fair housing case, and the Justices’ comments from the bench have had court watchers buzzing ever since. Here’s my take on what the legal back-and-forth in the case does and does not mean. It’s...
