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Evan McMullin's Campaign Further Proof of Conservative Intellectual Rot
No one expects newly declared independent candidate Evan McMullin to become president, let alone get on many ballots or crack one percent in the total vote. Yet his candidacy may still perform below expectations.
How Populism Is Rewriting The Charter School Narrative
Two recent events showcase exactly how the populist fervor in the nation is redrawing the education policy landscape, and more specifically, rewriting the story of the roll out of charter schools in our communities.
Progressive Breakfast
Left Unsettled By Clinton Strategy Support for Clinton from hawks unnerves left. W. Post: "...said Glenn Greenwald, ... 'I think she’s receiving those endorsements because they like what her foreign policy will be. That’s what worries me.' ... 'I don’t like it, but it...
Clinton Should Tell Obama To Withdraw TPP To Save Her Presidency
Progressive groups are gathering petition signatures calling on Hillary Clinton to speak out against a lame-duck vote on the Trans-Pacific Partnership during her Thursday economic policy speech outside Detroit.
A New Wave of Progressive Down-Ballot Election Victories
“The political revolution lives and it is moving to the states,” a director of People's Action proclaims as progressive candidates win key elections in Minnesota and Vermont on Tuesday.
Extracting a Cold Corporate Truth
For today’s top corporate executives, the contemporary corporation has become a personal ATM — with no limits on withdrawals. But the UK Labour Party may soon have a useful antidote in the works.
The Biggest Spender Backing Donald Trump? The NRA.
Why is Donald Trump pandering so hard to "the Second Amendment people"? Possibly because the National Rifle Association is the biggest financial backer of his campaign.
Progressive Breakfast
Trump Excoriated For "Second Amendment" Threat Trump's faces massive backlash after "Second Amendment" remarks. NYT: "...Trump’s remark quickly elicited a wave of condemnation from Democrats, gun control advocates and others, who accused him of suggesting violence ......
Clinton Campaign Can Drive A Stake Through Trump’s Heart by Labor Day
By going counter to common political wisdom about laying low in August, Hillary Clinton can disqualify Donald Trump as a potential president in the minds of voters and exacerbate divisions in the Republican Party.
Whatever Happens to Trump in November, Populism is Here to Stay
The neoliberal consensus that has dominated the globe for the past 40 years is collapsing. As the old dies, two forms of populism are rising in its wake. What are progressives and those of us on the left to do?
