by Bernie Horn | Jan 20, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
Due to the ghastly 2014 elections, more state legislators are Republican and the GOP controls more state legislative bodies than at any time since the 1920s. Republicans now control the governorship and both houses of the legislature in 23 states: Alabama, Arizona,...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 19, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
(Previously published, with some revisions) Here it comes again. This holiday weekend we'll see a lot of media coverage of Martin Luther King, Jr. But we'll hear very little about who he really was - a brave and visionary leader whose vision is as relevant today as...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 16, 2015 | Progressive Vision
This weekend, National People's Action is highlighting an effort to "reclaim" the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. memorial holiday from "efforts to soften, sanitize, and commercialize" his legacy. "We resist efforts to reduce a long history marred with the blood of...
by Robert Borosage | Jan 15, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
Legislators in the new Congress haven’t even cut the curtains for their offices, but it is already clear that the right has no clue and the “center” offers no hope. Republican Mitch McConnell, newly installed as Senate majority leader, announced that his goal is not...
by Harvey J Kaye | Jan 12, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Progressive Vision
The Green Bay Packers defeated the Dallas Cowboys Sunday. As a dear friend of mine remarked in an email: "It's always nice when a collectively-owned team beats one owned by a greedy mega-capitalist, who's beloved by Chris Christie." So in that spirit, and given my...
by Alan Jenkins | Jan 7, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Progressive Vision
Open, inclusive communities free of discrimination are critical to our national success and central to our values of equal opportunity for all. Our country has made significant progress toward that goal, due in large part to the Fair Housing Act. But much work remains...
