by Terrance Heath | Nov 5, 2015 | Blog, Democracy, Progressive Vision
Off-year elections are almost never good for progressives, and 2015 is no exception. But this off-year election held some surprising victories for progressives in Maine, Ohio, Washington and elsewhere that could lay the foundation for more victories to come. Earlier...
by Bill Scher | Nov 4, 2015 | Awards Gala 2015, Blog, Progressive Vision
[fve]https://youtu.be/V-KecXkNC7E[/fve] Scott Wallace, Co-Chair of the Wallace Global Fund, accepted the "Progressive Champion" award at the annual 2015 Awards Gala Celebrating America's Future with a thought-provoking speech honoring his grandfather Henry Wallace....
by Terrance Heath | Nov 3, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Democracy, Progressive Vision
Ohioans are voting Tuesday on a constitutional amendment to ban gerrymandering that could cure much of what ails our government and fix our broken political process. Ohio residents are voting on Issue One, which passed the Ohio General Assembly as HJR 12 last year,...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 2, 2015 | Blog, Democracy, Progressive Vision
In Seattle, Washington, a ballot initiative that could wrest power away from corporate interests and big money donors and change the way we do democracy comes up for a vote. On Tuesday, Seattle residents will vote on Initiative 122. The ballot initiative is the...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 2, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Progressive Vision, This Is The GOP
The right-wing backlash against the #BlackLivesMatter movement has intensified in recent weeks. There are two primary reasons for this: (1) black Americans are telling the truth about their lives, and (2) it’s working. New Jersey governor and GOP presidential...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 30, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Thursday's bad news: Third-quarter GDP lands with thud: just 1.5 percent growth. That is down from 3.9 percent growth the previous quarter. The economy appears to be slowing, partly because of the drag effect of our trade deficit and partly because of the drag on the...
