by Julie Chinitz | Oct 6, 2016 | Blog, Progressive Vision
A groundswell of support for minimum wage ballot initiatives is creating opportunities for community groups to flex their electoral muscle and expand their power to shape politics and the economy for years to come. Workers are long overdue for a raise. Recent national...
by Robert Borosage | Oct 5, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
The following was originally published in The Nation. As Donald Trump continues the self-immolation that began in the first presidential debate, Hillary Clinton is rising once more in the polls. But Trump had pulled into a virtual dead heat before that debate,...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 5, 2016 | Conservatism, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
The vice-presidential debate Tuesday night was rated by some commentators as generating more heat than light. At times, that certainly seemed true when watching Democrat Tim Kaine and Republican Mike Pence hurl charges at each other, insert practiced digs and cut each...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 29, 2016 | Blog, Progressive Vision
I listened to this on a walk, and it is a must, must, must listen podcast. You will be informed and entertained. Robert Reich, speaking Tuesday at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco: "The Oddest Presidential Election in Living Memory"...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 28, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Progressive Vision, This Is The GOP
Little Zianna Oliphant, speaking through her tears at a city council meeting in Charlotte, said more about what’s really happening with policing in black communities than Donald Trump did in 90 minutes at Monday nights debate. The candidates had a lot to say, at last...
by Michael Winship | Sep 27, 2016 | Blog, Progressive Vision
And so, after all the anticipation, the rampant sports metaphors and the breathless, sensationalized buildup (MSNBC’s headline in the minutes before the event was “Clinton/Trump Showdown”), the first debate is over. Scorecards may be odious, but overall, it has to be...