Fall of Inversions
Autumn is upon us. In addition to leaf color tours, pumpkins and cider, this fall is brought a political frenzy to Michigan as numerous members of the congressional delegation retire. Among the...
View ArticleThe Best Teachers I Ever Had
I used to live and work in the Irish Channel at Hope House in New Orleans. I worked with families who lived in the St. Thomas Housing Development. Over 1500 families lived in brick buildings stretched...
View ArticleFalling Oil Prices Reveal America's Fracking Trap -- And Saudi Arabia's...
LONDON -- The end of the shale boom is nigh. The recent plunge in oil prices reveals an economic and geological reality that some brave industry analysts depict, but which power brokers in Washington,...
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The Mexican state's delusion of grandeur
Image Source: mexico.cnn.com The political crisis that Mexico is going through as a result of the tragic disappearance of 43 students in Iguala, Guerrero on September 26th is without a doubt the most...
View ArticleThe Real Danger to Israel's Security Is Netanyahu
As prime minister, Netanyahu has consistently invoked his solemn duty to protect Israel's national security. Ironically, he has become the single most reckless individual who is imperiling the very...
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Report Alleges Human Rights Abuses at DHS Facilities on the Mexican Border
Child's drawing of DHS detention center with the caption: "It was very cold, cold." Detainees at short-term Department of Homeland Security facilities in Southern Arizona have faced "a long term...
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Latino Decisions' Election Eve Poll, Early Results
by Matt A. Barreto and Gary M. Segura Latino Decisions today announces results from four non-proprietary questions in our 2014 midterm election eve poll. Questions and detailed results appear below,...
View ArticleGOP Leadership Promises Worst Attack on Environmental Protection in Decades
Concerns about the economy and heath care may have dominated the midterms, but the election results have unleashed a major threat to our children's health and the environment. The Senate is now in the...
View ArticleThe New Congress and Foreign Policy
A sea change in the composition of the Congress is always taken to have profound consequences for American foreign policy. Those expectations usually prove exaggerated. The broad consensus on the basic...
View ArticleWhy It Would Be a Big Mistake for the U.S. to Cut Aid to Egypt
By Ahmed H. Zewail, the 1999 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry. Zewail is a professor at Caltech and Chairman of the Board of Egypt's City of Science and Technology. CAIRO -- Echoing calls by some in the...
View ArticleVoters Choose Progressive Path on Ballot Measures
From the media coverage and pundit reactions to yesterday's election results, you would think that progressives should just call it quits. No doubt what happened for Democrats across the country on...
View ArticleUsing Star Wars as a post-Election Tonic
I was the victim of child abuse as a young boy and later as a young man. There was nothing I could really do about it. One parent stood idly by as the other took out their anger on me, emotionally and...
View ArticleThe Other Berlin Wall -- and What It Can Teach Us Today
Twenty-five years ago, the Berlin Wall fell. The images of young people dancing on the Wall, which separated the free world from a particularly brutal subset of Communism, are forever burned in our...
View ArticleTuesday's Election: A Record Day for Land Conservation
Politicians, pundits and public officials are looking at Tuesday's election results, to parse exactly what messages the voters were sending. But one clear message was delivered: Americans cherish land...
View ArticleHow the GOP Won and Worse Plans to Continue to Win
On the night of November 5, 2008, a beaming and buoyant newly elected President Obama took the stage to the wild cheers of more than 100,000 supporters in Chicago's Grant Park as the nation's first...
View ArticleWill Obama Challenge Corrupt Governments at Key Summits?
"Without impunity there cannot be peace," says Carlos Hernández, Director in Honduras of the Asociación para una Sociedad Mas Justa (the Honduran national chapter of Transparency International). Carlos...
View Article2014 and the Strategic Demise of Governance
"How do you feel President Obama is doing?" That was the question I was asked yesterday, while I stood in line at my polling place. A Swedish journalist was conducting man-on-the-street-style...
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When $4 Billion Isn't Enough, It's Time to Rethink Our Elections
Ten months ago, we started LaunchProgress PAC with a simple question --i s there a better way to invest in candidates to achieve progressive policy? The dust from the 2014 election is still settling,...
View ArticleLeveling the Playing Field
I may be new to politics, but there's one thing I know -- investing in democracy is, without question, a winning proposition. In the presidential debates back in 2008 and 2012, the candidates clearly...
View ArticleDemocrats Have No One to Blame But Themselves
After the midterm election results, if you were Republican it was a good night. Some undoubtedly awoke with a headache from the endless flow of Champagne and gleeful celebration -- the thrill of...
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