by Bill Scher | Oct 30, 2013 | Progressive Vision
One week from today, progressives will gather in Washington, DC for the Celebrating America's Future 2013 Awards Gala and honor, among other progressive champions, Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II with the Paul Wellstone Citizen Leadership Award. Rev. Barber is the head...
by Joshua Holland | Oct 29, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy, Health, Progressive Vision, The Jobs Challenge
The Great American Ripoff: The High Cost of Low Taxes (via Moyers & Company) Editor’s note: This is the first in a series on the high cost of low taxes. The American people pay a similar amount for social services – health care, retirement security, disability and...
by Digby | Oct 23, 2013 | Economy, Health, Progressive Vision
Mike Konczal has written a provocative post that is getting quite a bit of play today and is well worth reading. He posits that the rough Obamacare rollout is a direct consequence of misplaced faith in neo-liberal solutions, which he defines in this instance as a...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 8, 2013 | Conservatism, Progressive Vision
Important to understanding why the federal government has been shut down by a group of unyielding, extremist congressional conservatives is to understand the voters who elected them. That was the goal of a series of focus groups conducted this summer by Democracy...
by Digby | Sep 18, 2013 | Economy, Minimum Wage, Progressive Vision
When I was in college I worked as a staffer for a home health agency for a while. And I learned what a terribly difficult job it is. These people care for the elderly and disabled in their homes often under very difficult conditions and they almost always do it with a...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 13, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy, Progressive Vision, The Jobs Challenge
Ronald Brownstein, at the National Journal, has crunched numbers and demographic trends to explain why the GOP can't win by pinning all its hopes on white voters. Brownstein's work raises an important question: Can the GOP craft an economic message that keeps white...
