by Robert Borosage | Jan 29, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
The 1 percent continue to capture virtually all of the income growth in the country, while the average incomes of the 99 percent continue to fall. And Americans know it. In a January Pew poll, 92 percent report that their incomes are sinking or treading water. This...
by Bernie Horn | Jan 26, 2015 | Blog, Climate, Conservatism, Financial Reform, Progressive Vision
For years, conservatives used “wedge issues” to split moderates from progressives—measures like criminalizing flag burning, cutting “welfare,” and (until recently) banning same-sex marriage. They still do that, of course, but the Tea Party has forced conservatives to...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 23, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
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by Richard Eskow | Jan 22, 2015 | Blog, Populist Majority, Progressive Vision
Today's American right is burdened with a highly specialized and hyper-amplified sense of outrage. That outrage was triggered during this week's State of the Union speech, especially by the president's off-the-cuff response to a group of Republicans who sarcastically...
by Robert Borosage | Jan 21, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
President Obama has his swagger back. Ignoring the electoral rebuke of 2014, he claimed the growing economy as a mandate for his progressive agenda, delivering a State of the Union address bristling with veto threats and challenging the Congress to stand with working...
by Robert Borosage | Jan 20, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
The annual State of the Union address that President Obama will deliver tonight before the Republican-controlled Congress serves many functions. It provides the president with a chance to boast upon progress made, and to highlight next steps. It frames, particularly...
