by Richard Eskow | Oct 13, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision
As autumn descends on the nation’s capital, people are saying there’s a darkness on the edge of town. It’s born of the fear, pessimism and uncertainty that have become the Republican political brand. And if the polls are right, there’s every chance that its shadow...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 10, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision
Politicians who make a case for regular people get regular people to come out out to vote for them. Unfortunately, very few are making a case for regular people, with the result that many regular people ask, "Why bother to vote?" There is an American populist revival...
by Emily Schwartz Greco | Oct 9, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision
Did you notice that all that fuss over those Central American kids who were crossing the U.S. border alone suddenly died down? As recently as June, more than 10,000 children fleeing unchecked gang violence in El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala made it here over the...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 9, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio will receive the Progressive Champion Award at the Campaign for America's Future 2014 Awards Gala on Tuesday, October 14. See the awards gala page for information and tickets. Progressives who are elected to executive office have a...
by Jim Hightower | Oct 8, 2014 | Financial Reform, Progressive Vision
Some people have a recurring nightmare of rising to give a speech, but realizing they know nothing about the topic — and then discovering they’re naked. It turns out that corporations also have such nightmares. OK, corporations aren’t people, no matter what the...
by Terrance Heath | Oct 7, 2014 | Progressive Vision
Yesterday, the Supreme Court made history, by deciding not to make history. The Court rejected appeals in the marriage equality cases set to appear before it, and left intact appeals court rulings striking down same-sex marriage bans in Virginia, Utah, Wisconsin, and...
