by Richard Eskow | Dec 19, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision
We're told that Hillary Clinton is spurning something her advisers call the “anti-Wall Street” movement and will run instead on a platform of “working across the aisle” with Republicans. Her camp is suggesting, without much evidence and against the lessons of recent...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Dec 17, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision
Last month, CAF co-director Robert Borosage called on President Obama to normalize relations with Cuba as one of the steps he should take to "move good things forward" in the face of a Republican opposition bent on advancing destructive economic policies. Today,...
by Bernie Horn | Dec 17, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision
Over the next two years, Washington will be a horror show. The president and a minority of senators will try to minimize the destruction that extreme conservatives will attempt to inflict on our personal freedoms, basic economic security, and the American Dream. As...
by Robert Borosage | Dec 16, 2014 | Blog, Economy, Progressive Vision
The government didn’t shut down. Congress passed the massive – 1,603 page – spending bill, chock full of special interest giveaways, to keep the doors open. The Washington Post editorial page, the voice of the conservative establishment, acknowledges all the horrors –...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 15, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision
Last week Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) warned that “the House of Representatives is about to show us the worst of government for the rich and powerful.” They promptly did, and the Senate quickly followed suit. We are now at greater risk of another derivatives-based...
by Ady Barkan | Dec 11, 2014 | Progressive Vision
Last week, Local Progress hosted its third annual National Convening, bringing 50 local elected officials from around the country to New York City for three days of strategizing and movement-building that left them energized, empowered, and ready to make 2015 a year...
