"Words that make actions speak louder."
As the Senate prepares for a vote on a $35 billion bill to support hiring of teachers and first responders around the country, conservative are pillorying Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for a bit of inartful truth-telling. After all, it is so much easier for Senate Republicans to slam the message and the messenger than […]
What a mean group of people! But, then again, you knew that. Tuesday night’s Republican presidential debate was often more caffeinated than usual, but aside from that it was the usual. All of the Republican candidates have one thing in common: They want to make America a more brutal place. There was Herman Cain, doubling […]
A USA Today/Gallup poll published this morning suggests that “most Americans blame Wall Street for the nation’s economic predicament — but they blame Washington more.” Furthermore, when specifically asked who they blame most for the poor state of the economy, “64% of Americans name the federal government and 30% say big financial institutions.” Conservatives have […]
INTERVIEW Hear Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., talk about his push for defense spending cuts and the ability of the Occupy movement to influence the debate. Rep. Barney Frank is ratcheting up his longstanding push to reduce federal defense spending with a series of town hall events in his Massachusetts congressional district atarting this weekend. And […]
The House is poised to vote on legislation that would increase federal support for charter schools and would encourage states to authorize new charter schools. The “Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act” represents the latest triumph of ideology over reality in public education. The legislation, according to a statement by the Republicans on the […]
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Co-director Roger Hickey appeared on the Dylan Ratigan Show Tuesday to discuss the influence of big money in politics and whether progressives could find common cause with tea party activists on giving power in the democracy back to ordinary people. Hickey said common […]
So tell me is this fair? We’ve got worker’s rights in the air, and Congress hasn’t put one jobs bill there. What’s up, Boehner? Now I catch feeling that you don’t even care about a debt ceiling. The only thing our Congress is doing is working to bring women’s rights to ruin. We only need […]
This will be a disappointment for the political reporters always looking to gawk at “hot Dem-on-Dem” action or what Rep. Donna Edwards, D-Md., at the Take Back the American Dream conference this week called a “progressive food fight,” but the straw poll taken at that conference shows there’s not a lot of daylight between progressive […]
The Annual Gala Dinner at the Take back the American Dream conference honored several people at the front lines of the progressive movement’s most critical battles. Planned Parenthood Federation of America was designated this year’s “Progressive Champion” for its courageous push-back against conservative efforts to strip government funding for its women’s health clinics. The organization […]
Take Back The American Dream News Conference Highlights Robert L. Borosage of the Campaign for America’s Future and Van Jones of Rebuild the Dream outline plans for the “American Autumn.” “Save your notes,” Van Jones of Rebuild the Dream told reporters and bloggers at a news conference today during the Take Back the American Dream […]