Progressive Agenda to Combat Income Inequality
New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio (D) held a news conference outside of the U.S. Capitol with labor leaders, Democratic lawmakers, and liberal activists to unveil his 13-point “Progressive …
982 viewsNew York City Mayor Bill De Blasio (D) held a news conference outside of the U.S. Capitol with labor leaders, Democratic lawmakers, and liberal activists to unveil his 13-point “Progressive …
982 viewsRobert Borosage talked about liberal causes. Topics included wage stagnation and income inequality. “The Populist Moment; The Emerging Movement” was part of the New Populism Conference he…
123 viewsJared Bernstein talked about liberal causes. Topics included employment policies. “Full Employment and Growth: Make Workers Scarce and Jobs Plentiful” was part of the New Populism Conferenc…
44 viewsPanelists talked about the progressive movement and the 2012 elections. Each called on progressives to mobilize, and make their voices heard in the presidential election. Van Jones said that…
945 viewsRobert Borosage talked about the state of the economy and President Obama’s jobs proposal before Congress. He also responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Topics included…
283 viewsRobert Borosage, Christine Neumann-Ortiz, and Representative Donna Edwards (D-MD) spoke at the Campaign for America’s Future conference on grassroots organizing, the progressive movement, an…
579 viewsProgressive leaders talked about their agenda for the Obama administration at the America’s Future Now! conference. Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins in her remarks urged progressives to support compreh…
683 viewsSenator Bernie Sanders held a news conference on the nomination of Ben Bernanke for a second term as Federal Reserve chairman. Senator Sanders has placed a hold on the nomination.
321 viewsPanel one of the day-long America’s Future Now conference focused on the U.S. economy. Robert Bosorage made opening remarks, and Katrina Vanden Heuvel moderated. Topics included rebuilding t…
243 viewsPanelists talked about the history of the progressive movement in the democratic era. They discussed the pressure that the movement led by Martin Luther King, Jr., put on elected officials s…
718 viewsThe Campaign for America’s Future held an awards dinner at their “Take Back America” conference, which was held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel. Slide presentations or videos were shown as the ho…
370 viewsThe panelists talked about voter mobilization efforts and made statements on policy positions. The “Take Back America” conference of the Campaign for America’s Future was held at the Omni…
171 viewsThe opening plenary session of the “Take Back America” conference laid out plans for progressive political action in the upcoming elections. Conservative leadership was criticized for the wa…
119 viewsDemocratic Party experts talked about the results of the 2004 election and the decreasing power of the party in Congress. Topics included Social Security, advocacy groups, changing demograph…
93 viewsA national task force, Campaign for America’s Future, announced its education policy recommendations, entitled “Getting Smarter, Becoming Fairer: A Progressive Education Agenda for a Strong…
147 viewsDuring the closing plenary, the speakers addressed the convention on progressive issues, including labor unions, wages, prison ministry, the Senate filibuster controversy, civil rights, supp…
159 viewsThe Campaign for America’s Future held a forum on progressive politics. The event included a speech from the newly elected mayor of Los Angeles who talked about minority issues, economic pol…
95 viewsAt the Campaign for American’s Future 2005 “Take Back America” conference Bracken Hendricks, executive director of the Apollo Alliance, received a special service award for his efforts on be…
79 viewsRobert Borosage and Stan Greenberg talked about a survey of voter attitudes, the 2004 election results, and the future of American political campaigns. They also answered questions from the …
84 viewsFormer Democratic presidential candidate Governor Dean and others talked about progressive politics and the Democratic Party.
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