Could there be a transpartisan, left-right-center coalition forming against the unpopular individual health insurance mandate in the recently passed health care bill?
When progressives are given the opportunity to put one of our own into an obscure-but-powerful position, it is critical to carpe diem. In New York, one of those opportunities has emerged in the form of Eric Schneiderman.
Sure, it's great that the president is talking about spending $50 billion on infrastructure. But when $50 billion is put up against double that amount in corporate tax cuts, it seems the administration's priorities are all screwed up.
From the White House's victorious declarations to the media's "breaking news" graphics, we're asked to believe the combat is finished in Iraq. The fact is, the Iraq war continues. The good news is that not every media outlet is complicit.
As grotesque as Pastor Jones' plans were, the American media and politicians have barely mentioned a blockbuster story reporting egregious abuse committed by U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan.
30 years into the neoliberal experiment, the Great Recession is exposing the flaws of the Washington Consensus. But rather than admit any mistakes, neoliberals now defend themselves with yet more bait-and-switch sophistry.
The New York election results aren't surprising in the least. They are an affirmation that rank-and-file New Yorkers are as angry at corporate special interests as the rest of us.
If you believe there is an "enthusiasm gap" right now between a demoralized progressive base and a mobilized conservative base (and I certainly believe there is), then the logical question is why?
Military officials have quite literally usurped the policymaking powers of the President of the United States, to the point where the president is asking for things and they are not being given to him.
Considering Emanuel's record of doggedly opposing the labor movement's most basic public policy priorities, you might expect labor leaders to at least remain neutral towards him.
