by Dave Johnson | Nov 12, 2013 | Democracy, Progressive Vision
"We the People." How many of us have really thought through the implications of these three words? Can people today even imagine a government that is on the side of We the People, instead of being rigged to benefit the already-wealthy and crush the hopes and efforts...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 8, 2013 | Conservatism, Progressive Vision, This Is The GOP
Seventeen years after failing by just one vote, the Employment Nondiscrimination Act passed in the Senate on Thursday, in a historic 64-32 vote. America has never been closer to prohibiting workplace discrimination against LGBT Americans. The majority of Americans...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 7, 2013 | Conservatism, Progressive Vision
House Speaker John Boehner says he opposes the Employment Nondiscrimination Act because it will lead to “frivolous lawsuits” against employers. For the people who live with it every day, workplace discrimination is anything but frivolous. Senate Majority Leader Harry...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 5, 2013 | Conservatism, Progressive Vision
It matters a lot that Terry McAuliffe won the election in the Virginia gubernatorial race Tuesday, but it also matters what McAuliffe didn't win – and what progressives thus must find a way to win in the political fights ahead. A major key to forging an enduring...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 5, 2013 | Conservatism, Progressive Vision, This Is The GOP
This week the Senate will very likely a pass a bill prohibiting anti-LGBT discrimination in the workplace. The President and a majority of the American people support it. Only the GOP stands in the way of an important step towards justice for all. The Employment...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 1, 2013 | Progressive Vision
Pull back the curtain of many of the key moments of progressive history over the better part of the last five decades and you will find Marge Tabankin, encouraging, supporting and agitating. It's something that comes naturally to her. In an interview she did last year...
