by Harvey J Kaye | Oct 7, 2014 | Progressive Vision
American history education is once again a political and cultural battleground. Dominated by conservatives, the Jefferson County Colorado School Board decided to revise the teaching of Advanced Placement U.S. History to not only “promote patriotism and ... the...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 6, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision
When Lee Saunders talks about his mission as the president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, he often refers to the fateful 1968 showdown between sanitation workers and the city of Memphis – the strike that brought Dr. Martin Luther...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 3, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision
In the summer of 2013 Bill de Blasio was a long-shot contender in the New York mayor’s race. Less than two months before the crucial Democratic primary, de Blasio was in fourth place. To make the odds even worse, the city’s power brokers were lined up behind another...
by John Light | Sep 30, 2014 | Conservatism, Economy, Progressive Vision
#95920158 / gettyimages.com Google Chairman Eric Schmidt attracted some attention last week when he announced that his company would no longer be funding the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a conservative think tank that pushes a big-business agenda at...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 26, 2014 | Progressive Vision
What passes for justice in police shootings, and extra-legal shootings, of young black men neither satisfies nor inspires us to “trust the system.” In response to the epidemic of police violence that’s taken the lives of Michael Brown, John Crawford, and countless...
by Robert Borosage | Sep 25, 2014 | Blog, Economy, Progressive Vision
At the annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative this week, former President Bill Clinton predicted corporations would soon care less about maximizing profits and more about employees and society. This would happen without significant government involvement...
