by Larry Cohen | Jul 1, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
Three weeks ago, when I ended my third term as president of CWA, I pledged to volunteer to help build what we call the "movement of 50 million for economic justice and democracy." Today I am announcing that I have endorsed Bernie Sanders for president of the United...
by Robert Reich | Jun 29, 2015 | Current Issues, Economy, Progressive Vision
Almost lost by the wave of responses to the Supreme Court’s decisions last week upholding the Affordable Care Act and allowing gays and lesbians to marry was the significance of the Court’s third decision – on housing discrimination. In a 5-4 ruling, the Court found...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 26, 2015 | Democracy, Progressive Vision
The Washington Post Members of the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, wearing blue T-shirts emblazoned with the name of a popular gay sports bar in Washington, were on a strategic street corner singing "The Impossible Dream," the Supreme Court to their front and the...
by Robert Borosage | Jun 22, 2015 | Blog, Democracy, Progressive Vision
The doors of “Mother Emanuel” – the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C. that was savaged by the act of racial terrorism that killed nine of its members, including the head pastor – opened for regular services on Sunday. Blacks and whites, members and visitors...
by Robert Borosage | Jun 15, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
The setting was electric: The Four Freedoms Memorial on Roosevelt Island in New York City, with the city shimmering in the background. The sky was clear; the sun bright. The crowd was young, diverse and well-mannered. “A place,” as Hillary Clinton said, “with...
by Larry Cohen | Jun 8, 2015 | Jobs and Growth, Progressive Vision
This is an excerpt of a speech delivered today at the Detroit convention of the Communications Workers of America. We are here under a banner that reads “It’s Our Turn.” Can we challenge ourselves to march out of here fiercely determined to make that a reality? There...
