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Tag: Progressive policies

Wisconsin shows how difficult it is to hold on to progressive gains

March 4, 2015 Arthur Lieber Economy, Employment, History, Labor and unions, Religion in Politics, States One comment

Robert Lafollette, Jr. and Joseph McCarthy. Russ Feingold and Scott Walker. How could one state–Wisconsin–elect politicians with such divergent views? No state east of

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What winning feels like: Progressive Blog Digest

November 25, 2013 Nick Burbules Democrats, Health care, Politics, Senate Leave a comment

The usual pundits and chin-pullers are all upset now that the Democratic reform to the filibuster will upset the spirit of bipartisanship and comity

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Minnesota and Colorado: Where the progressive agenda is alive and…progressing

March 18, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Education, Employment, Good government, Health care, States, Women Leave a comment

Progressive ideas are alive in 2013—and not just as talking points. They reflect what Americans actually value and want, and nowhere is that more

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Progressive victories in 2012

January 11, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, Charity & Justice, Civil Rights, Congress, Democrats, Good government, Health care, Ideas, LGBT, Obama, Politics, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

As the Republican party and “leadership” moves farther and farther out of the mainstream and deeper into the realm of extreme, irrational, anti-democracy, backward-facing,

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5 plutocracy-busting ideas from America’s progressive history

December 6, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik Business, Corporations, Financial reform, History, Politics, Taxes Leave a comment

The biggest difference between today’s super-rich capitalists and the robber barons [a much more descriptive term] of a hundred years ago appears to be

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Good news on jobs means good wages

March 10, 2011 Arthur Lieber Economy, Employment, Labor and unions Leave a comment

  Robert Reich has been a contrarian about most of the Obama economic policies, but that does not necessarily make him a negative person. 

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Thanks, President Obama: Credit-card holders get a better deal

November 23, 2010 Gloria Shur Bilchik Good government, Obama Leave a comment

Don’t believe ‘em when they say the progressive agenda is unloved by American citizens. Much has been accomplished in the first two years of

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America is not a center-right nation

August 20, 2010 Madonna Gauding Politics Leave a comment

The map above (blue = Democratic and red = Republican) shows voting shifts from 2004 to 2008. According to corporate-owned-media pundits, America is a

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National security strategy with a progressive twist

June 22, 2010 Gloria Shur Bilchik Government, International, Obama Leave a comment

The Obama administration’s new 2010 National Security Strategy—unveiled on May 27—is getting good reviews, plus some caveats, from progressive organizations. “The plan is grounded

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A new book by Arthur Lieber. Political Introverts: How Empathetic Voters Can Help Save American Politics.  Buy it here.

Gloria Shur Bilchik’s new book, Election Insiders: Behind the scenes with the people who make your vote count. Kindle edition now available at Amazon.

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