by Michael Kazin | May 20, 2014 | Progressive Vision
Editor's Note: Senator Bernie Sanders will speak at the New Populism Conference on May 22. We share this piece by historian Michael Kazin, author of a great book, The Populist Persuasion. We will wave conference registration fee for people who want to attend...
by Belinda Williams | May 15, 2014 | Progressive Vision
Yesterday, a Wall Street Journal editorial about SEIU Healthcare Michigan – made up of workers who serve seniors and people with disabilities – repeated unfair, misleading, anti-worker attacks against ordinary working men and women. (“Michigan Union Collapse,”...
by Terrance Heath | May 13, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision
The conditions that made Ferguson, Mo., a powder keg waiting for a spark didn’t happen overnight, and it will take more than putting cameras on cops to prevent the “next” Ferguson. An NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) forum — “The...
by Joshua Holland | May 12, 2014 | Economy, Progressive Vision
It’s become a political cliché that “red” and “blue” states represent two Americas. But consider how states prioritize programs like health care and education — or how they administer their social safety nets — and the differences are very real. Federal policies help...
by Robert Reich | May 7, 2014 | Progressive Vision, The New Populism
More Americans than ever believe the economy is rigged in favor of Wall Street and big business and their enablers in Washington. We’re five years into a so-called recovery that’s been a bonanza for the rich but a bust for the middle class. “The game is rigged and the...
by Lynne Stuart Parramore | May 5, 2014 | Progressive Vision
There’s really a storybook quality to Elizabeth Warren. How did this cookie-baking housewife from Oklahoma end up staring down the most powerful financial powers on Planet Earth, causing them to tremble in their wingtip shoes? Seemingly conjured up from the fabled...
