Election Affirms Education "Reform" A Beltway, Rich Person Fetish
In President Obama's stunningly convincing reelection, only part of his education policies got reaffirmed -- the part he talked about most of the time during the campaign. Meanwhile, the president's...
View ArticleChina Trade: Republicans Choosing Money Interests Over Voters -- And Their...
The voters clearly voted to do something about the bad trade deals, trade cheating and currency manipulation that are draining our jobs and economy. The big money likes things just the way they are....
View ArticleThe Scandal We Should Be Talking About
By Stephen Miles and William Hartung Nothing grips Washington more than a good scandal, particularly when it involves sex, power and money. Last week’s surprise resignation of C.I.A. Director David...
View ArticleSherrod Brown Reelected Voicing Middle-Class Populism And Class-War Campaigning
Ohio Senator Sherror Brown won reelection by "waging class warfare" using middle-class populism. Here is how.Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown, a Democrat, faced a tough battle for reelection. Huge amounts of...
View ArticleHelp Change The Economy -- Join Walmart Workers Striking On Black Friday
You can help change the economy! Big companies use their size and the fear of losing our jobs to force us to accept no raises or even lower pay and benefits. They can use their size to force...
View ArticleArm Yourself For Fiscal Cliff Arguments
I joined Campaign for America's Future's Richard Eskow to talk about the "fiscal cliff" scare, austerity, Social Security, Medicare and how we WON the election so we really should be talking about jobs...
View ArticleAn Opportunity Century? Election 2012, Social Justice, and America
As the election results sink in, partisans are busy debating what 2012 voting patterns mean for Republican and Democratic prospects in the next election cycle. But what lessons do this year’s results...
View ArticleDeMarco Must Go
It’s time for President Obama to fire and quickly replace the Acting Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Edward DeMarco, with a Director who will uphold the Agency’s mission to...
View ArticleGOP Threat: Cut Social Security and Medicare or we'll kill the economy....
Here we go again. Republicans are very clear about their latest extortion threat to the American people: Unless you cut Social Security and Medicare benefits, within the next two months we will throw...
View ArticleWatch Your Mouth! Ten Phrases that Progressives Should Retire in 2013
Along with the usual New Year’s resolutions about exercising, getting more sleep, and being more patient with the kids, progressives should add better communications to their list. We have an historic...
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