by Richard Eskow | Jun 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
Our democracy was under siege even before the Supreme Court’s ruling Tuesday on the Voting Rights Act. This decision caps the Court's clean sweep on behalf of the United States Chamber of Commerce and is part of a concerted effort to seize democracy on behalf of...
by Terrance Heath | Jun 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
In "The Unfinished March," the first in a series reports from the Economic Policy Institute, economist Algernon Austin outlines the "unfinished business" of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Progress on civil rights, such as voting rights and laws...
by Alan Jenkins | Apr 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
April is fair housing month and, this year, it’s also the 45th anniversary of the passage of the Fair Housing Act. Adopted in the wake of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Fair Housing Act transformed the legal rights that all Americans have to...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 28, 2013 | Uncategorized
"The Time is always right," Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, "to do the right thing." Unfortunately, that's not always true in Washington. Courage and conviction is too often in short supply in Washington. Those with the power to set in motion the kind of change that...
by Richard Long | Feb 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
If you are reading this, you already know the national score from the November election. The Democrats won the presidency, added two seats in the Senate, and won eight seats in the House by over 500,000 votes – while remaining in the minority. But 2012 is old news. ...
