by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 24, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision
Rev. William Barber II's new book, "Forward Together: A Moral Message To The Nation," traces the advance of the Moral Mondays movement in North Carolina, which rose up in response to the right-wing takeover of the North Carolina state government in 2012. But what it...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 21, 2014 | Economy, Progressive Vision
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has issued a blunt critique of his fellow Democrats on why they lost the midterm elections and what they have to do to win electoral majorities again. In an interview with Danny Feingold at the news site Capital and Main, de Blasio said...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 20, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision
In Ferguson, Missouri, citizens and activists prepare for injustice, while government and law enforcement prepare for outraged reaction to injustice. But what about preparing for the justice Ferguson, and America, really needs? As it waits to hear whether the grand...
by Roger Hickey | Nov 20, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision, Winning Issues for 2014
Election 2014 was a sad replay of 2010. And it didn't have to be that way. In early summer 2010, three progressive economic activists – myself, Dean Baker, and Robert Kuttner – met with Obama political adviser David Axelrod in his tiny office in the White House, steps...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 19, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision, Tax Reform
U.S. multinational corporations are hoarding an estimated $2 trillion "offshore" to take advantage of a loophole in our tax laws. At our 35 percent top federal corporate tax rate, that represents up to $700 billion in taxes owed but "deferred" because they are...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 18, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision
The goals of the post-Ferguson movement for justice must reach beyond whether the grand jury indicts officer Darren Wilson in the death of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown. Too much depends upon its success. Over 100 days ago Wilson shot and killed Brown. In the...
