The NRA shouldn’t be allowed to derail Senate support of a new global weapons agreement. — by Don Kraus, President/CEO of Global Solutions Did you know that international laws dictate the rules of the game when it comes to selling bananas and
We live in frightening times. — by Mark Potok, Southern Poverty Law Center It’s déjà vu all over again. Twenty years ago, the passage of the Brady gun control bill helped ignite the first wave of the “Patriot” movement, a combustible mix
WEDNESDAY, March 6 8:00 AM – Joint Meeting of the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means and Senate Committee on Finance (Carson City/Las Vegas) Budget Hearings 8:00 AM – Assembly Committee on Judiciary Meeting (Carson City/Las Vegas) A.B. 133 Prohibits the use of strip search or visual body
— an invitation from Stephanie Cutter Every Wednesday, OFA hosts a policy briefing to make sure you’re up to date on the issues and ready to fight for the President’s agenda in your community. Tonight, we’ll be talking further about the sequester
The clock is ticking — 45 days and counting — on the most important comment period yet for stopping the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. The State Department released its latest report on the pipeline last Friday, and it utterly downplays the
Mar 5, 2013 | By ThinkProgress War Room New polling data released today shows overwhelming support for gun reform. 86% of Nevada residents want every gun buyer to pass a criminal background check. Unfortunately, in the vast majority of states, it’s currently
The House and Senate return this week, with plans to work on one major piece of legislation — a spending bill for the rest of fiscal year 2013. While the $85 billion sequester went into effect last Friday, neither the House nor Senate has any
Mar 4, 2013 | by ThinkProgress War Room Devastating, painful, and, above all, avoidable spending cuts went into effect Friday evening after sequestration became official. Instead of agreeing to a balanced replacement that includes targeted spending cuts and new revenues from closing
THE BOEHNER-QUESTER Sequester: The Finger on the TriggerRichard (RJ) Eskow, Op-Ed: Today is the day the package of budget cuts they call the “Sequester” takes effect. There will be endless postmortems and real-time analyses. But as its draconian effects, there’s one thing
It will take more than President Barack Obama’s tenure to vanquish American prejudice and racial injustice. — by Emily Schwartz Greco and William A. Collins Having an African-American president is convenient. It boosts U.S. credibility in the Global South and makes us
