by Dave Johnson | Jul 22, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision
We've got to make our way to higher ground. We've got to get our politics above the snake line. Click here to support Rev. William Barber's Freedom Summer project.People came to Netroots Nation to see Senator Elizabeth Warren speak, and discovered Rev. William Barber...
by admin | Jul 21, 2014 | Progressive Vision
In this interview Monday on NPR's "On Point," Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) laid out his argument for a potential presidential bid, and Campaign for America's Future's Robert Borosage outlined the agenda that Democrats should adopt to rebuild its majority. Also...
by Terrance Heath | Jul 21, 2014 | Progressive Vision
Sixty bodies lie in a heap on the floor of a morgue that receives the corpses of children under 10 and as young as 2. It's the body count for just one day, in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. How can we in good conscience send children back there? We just did. The first...
by Richard Eskow | Jul 21, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision
[fve]http://youtu.be/-co-eK__Wa8[/fve] At the emotional high point of this year’s Netroots Nation conference in Detroit, Rev. William Barber II concluded his roof-raising opening-night invocation by asking, “Can I be a preacher for three minutes?” “My son is an...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 18, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision, The New Populism
Senator Elizabeth Warren took her fight against a rigged system to the Netroots Nation gathering in Detroit Friday morning, saying that she is fighting back, and if We the People "push back and fight hard, we can win." Outside the hall, people were passing out "Ready...
by Robert Borosage | Jul 17, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Progressive Vision
House Democrats released their 2014 election year platform Wednesday, entitled "Middle Class Jump Start: 100 Day Action Plan to Put the Middle Class First." Naturally, the release of a major party’s election year agenda received virtually no press coverage, far less...
