| Jan 15, 2014 | Rights / DemocracyA new year brought a new mayor and new hope for progressive change to America’s largest city. “We are called to put an end to economic and social inequalities that threaten to unravel the city we love,” New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said at his...
| Jan 30, 2013 | Rights / DemocracyI don’t think President Barack Obama gave a good inaugural address this time. I think it was a great one. He began with the principles of freedom and equality that inform our founding document, the Declaration of Independence, and followed our journey through...
| Nov 21, 2012 | Rights / DemocracyAn Occupy Wall Street sign said it best: “They only call it class warfare when we fight back.” Over four long decades, American working families and poor people have seen wages stagnate, social services slashed, and our unions attacked. Since the Great...
| Feb 20, 2012 | Environment / HealthThe air is still thick with outrage over President Barack Obama’s attempt to require all employers to provide insurance coverage for people who desire (or need) birth control. Catholic bishops and their fellow travelers exploded in righteous indignation over a...
| Jun 8, 2010 | Rights / DemocracyHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s speech at the America’s Future Now conference went off-script. The Washington Post did a great job telling the story of how the California lawmaker spoke for a half an hour over the garbled jeers of more than a dozen infuriated...
