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In the First Debate, The People's Issues Came Second
The debate was largely a clash of personalities, rather than a clash of visions for the nation’s future. In her zeal to defeat her opponent, which she clearly did, Hillary Clinton didn’t do enough to inspire and motivate her base.
Native Youth Demand A Senate Hearing On Dakota Pipeline Impact
Native American youth are making their voices heard in the movement to stop the construction of the Dakota Access pipeline, and demanding a hearing in the Senate.
Protestors Plan To Target 'Corporate' School Policies At Debate Tonight
“We want the people who are aspiring to be president of this country to talk to the communities, the parents, the young people who have been impacted by corporate education interventions," says Jitu Brown, one of the protest organizers.
You Can Help CFPB Regulate Payday Lenders
You saw what happened recently with Wells Fargo. They scammed some of their customers some of the time. Payday lending is about scamming all of the customers all of the time.
Progressive Breakfast
Pre-Debate Jockeying and Jitters Hours before the first presidential debate, here's "Donald Trump’s economic strategy in detail." The Washington Post: "A new, 30-page analysis of Trump's economic proposals, penned by two of his senior policy advisers and issued Sunday...
We Need a Real People's Debate, Not the "Fight of the Century"
Millions of Americans deserve answers – including the unjustly incarcerated, African Americans, Native Americans, the unemployed, young people burdened with student debt, and everyone concerned about the planet.
Wingnut Week In Review: Don't Know Much About History
This week, a Donald Trump supporter managed to somehow surpass even Donald Trump himself in sheer, unadulterated ignorance of our nation’s history regarding race.
Nothing Left But The Dog Whistle
The provincial anger, stoked for so long by the Republican Party, has finally boiled over. Donald Trump is telling those folks what they’ve been wanting to hear, exactly the way they’ve been wanting to hear it for a very long time.
Progressive Breakfast
Calls For Charlotte Video Release Demands rise for release of Charlotte police shooting video. NYT: "There is currently no law in North Carolina that regulates the public release of body camera video. Instead, each local law enforcement agency makes its own rules. The...
Immigrants Don’t Steal Jobs or Wages. Billionaires Do.
Not all anti-immigrant arguments are based on fear, dehumanization, or inappropriate analogies. Economically vulnerable populations are often told that immigrants “take our jobs” and drag down wages. Is it true?
