Most voters want BIG populist changes in government policy that will lift up average Americans and hold down corporate greed and abuse. One major proposal to do just that is the 11-point Economic Agenda for America's Future drafted by a broad coalition of some 80 progressive thinkers and doers. This document is both a to-do list for restoring economic democracy and a rallying cry to move today's burgeoning democratic movement from mere resistance to insistence on a bold, percolate-up alternative to Republican/Democratic trickle-down economics. Read More
Since the middle of the last century, greedy schemers have mounted a sneaky, slow motion coup of attrition, moving methodically from one political venue to another, donning multiple organizational guises to strike down a law here, reverse a public policy there, demonize "others," and ambush progressive groups all along the way. Its chief instigators are the multibillionaire Koch boys, Charles and David, who've been consistently financing and implementing this ongoing assault since the 1960s. Read More
The professional political observers are so fixated on the minutia of Washington-centric politics that they're missing the much bigger story of transformative political changes that have erupted in every region of the country. Read More
A majority of the public almost always blesses new presidents with a honeymoon gift. In a gesture of patriotic fairness,... Read More
In high school, I had a girlfriend who was involved in student government and all sorts of good works. While... Read More
Buckle up, friends. Most Americans are about to be detoured onto a rough and rocky back road called “Trump Way.”... Read More
What an amazing Democratic primary season it’s been, including this happy result: WE WON! “We” being the millions of young... Read More