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The Bern Still Burns "People’s Summit Attendees Leave Determined To Keep 'The Bern' Alive" reports OurFuture.org's Isaiah J. Poole: "After an intense weekend of speeches and discussion about the future of the progressive 'political revolution' sparked by the Bernie...
Bernie Sanders’ Leverage Isn’t Going Anywhere. Deal With It.
People who believe that Bernie Sanders is squandering his influence in the Democratic Party by not conceding now to Hillary Clinton misunderstand both the candidate and his supporters.
People's Summit Attendees Leave Determined To Keep "The Bern" Alive
An estimated 3,000 people left the People's Summit in Chicago Sunday with a commitment to turn Bernie Sander's presidential campaign into a permanent independent movement for justice and equality.
Wingnut Week In Review: The 5 Worst Right-Wing Responses To Orlando
While the rest of the country, and the rest of the world stood with Orlando in grief and solidarity, right-wingers tried to outdo each other with awful reactions.
People's Summit Seeks To Take 'Political Revolution' To The Next Level
Continuing Sen. Bernie Sanders' "political revolution" is the focus of a weekend People's Summit that is bringing to Chicago an estimated 3,000 progressive leaders and grassroots activists.
Why Denver Is A Warning Sign, Not A Model, for Urban School Districts
Denver is being widely hailed as the next model of "education reform" for other urban districts. But of the 27 charter schools the city has opened in the past five years, at least 40 percent are performing below expectations.
Progressive Breakfast
Sanders Eyes Platform Bernie Sanders address brings attention to party platform: "...we must take [our] energy into the Democratic National Convention ... the Democratic Party must support raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour ... We must defeat the...
For Nine Souls in Charleston, One Year Later
We live on. Whether you believe in an afterlife or not, we live on in memory. So let's start by remembering each of them by name, the nine kind souls who welcomed a stranger into their midst one year ago.
Donald Trump's Hate Mongering Aids And Abets Terrorists
Nearly one year after the Charleston massacre, we are reminded again that hatred is deadly. Now we must affirm that no one who "returns hate for hate" is qualified to lead.
How Long Can Big Money Keep Democrats In The Charter School Camp?
Although, the issue of charter schools has barely been addressed in the presidential contest, there’s little doubt the subject is a matter of intense and bitter debate down ticket.
