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  1. If the Media Keeps Ignoring Health Care, We’ll Lose It Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnel (R-KY) speaks during a news conference following a Senate Republican luncheon in Washington, DC, on May 16, 2017. (Photo by Zach Gibson/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
    6 Jun 2017 … There is a giant scandal in Washington this week — and it’s not the one blaring from your television screen. Largely without media scrutiny, the United States Senate is quietly getting ready to pass their version of the House bill Continue reading
  2. Economic Populism at Heart of Emerging Debate Among Democrats Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., center, accompanied by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, make statements introducing Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., seated at left, to the committee during his confirmation hearing to become secretary of state, replacing Clinton, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
    7 Jul 2014 … There is a broad agreement on what might be called a “populist lite” agenda, but that's where the consensus ends. Continue reading
  3. It’s Women’s Work
    10 Oct 2020 … According to September’s unemployment report, more than 800,000 women have given up trying to find a job. During the pandemic recession, women’s labor force participation – the percentage of women holding jobs or looking for jobs – is lower than Continue reading
  4. The Little-Known Movers Behind North Carolina’s Anti-Gay Law: Ted Cruz’s Advisers
    4 Apr 2016 … For years, Harris and the Benhams have been at the forefront of every battle to oppose gay rights in North Carolina. This past February, they were at it again, this time against a nondiscrimination ordinance proposed in Charlotte that, among Continue reading
  5. Rev. Dr. William Barber on North Carolina Legislature on ‘Democracy Now!’ North Carolina NAACP President, Reverend William J. Barber, 52, poses for a portrait in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Thursday, January 21, 2016. Barber is a vocal spokesman against the State of North Carolina's controversial voter identification law. (Photo by Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
    12 Dec 2016 … This afternoon, Politico reported that North Carolina GOP Gov. Pat McCrory signed legislation that will strip power from the state’s incoming governor, Democrat Roy Cooper. Continue reading
  6. Common Cause Anniversary, October 6, 2010 John Gardner, Chairman of Common Cause, is seen speaking at a Washington news conference. November 1974. (AP Photo)
    10 Oct 2010 … Remarks by Bill Moyers at the 40th Anniversary of Common Cause in Washington, D.C. Continue reading
  7. The Spectacle of Illiteracy and the Crisis of Democracy
    11 Nov 2013 … This is an excerpt from Zombie Politics and Culture in the Age of Casino Capitalism, by Henry Giroux. C. Wright Mills argued 50 years ago that one important measure of the demise of vibrant democracy and the corresponding impoverishment of Continue reading
  8. Anxious in the Trump Era? You’re Not Alone President Donald Trump stands outside the West Wing of the White House as Klaus Iohannis, Romania's president, not pictured, arrives on Friday, June 9, 2017. (Photo by Pete Marovich/Bloomberg via Getty Images
    9 Sep 2017 … It’s no surprise that our office phone at the Center for Anxiety has been ringing off the hook since January 2017. From immigration and health care concerns to white supremacy — and let’s not forget the threat of nuclear war Continue reading
  9. The Get-Off-My-Lawn Party Meets in Cleveland Delegates from Washington State dance during the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on July 19, 2016. (Photo by Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
    7 Jul 2016 … Oh dear. Watching C-SPAN and waiting for Tuesday’s roll call confirming Donald Trump’s nomination to begin, the house band there in the hall, led by GE Smith, formerly of Saturday Night Live, played covers of The Temptations’ “I Can’t Get Continue reading
  10. This Small Town’s History Shows Why the TPP Could Be a Disaster for US Workers Galesburg residents saw their jobs disappear after the passage of NAFTA. The Trans-Pacific Partnership won't be any different. (tfooq / Flickr)
    6 Jun 2015 … Galesburg, IL residents saw their jobs disappear after the passage of NAFTA. The Trans-Pacific Partnership won't be any different Continue reading