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Burning Issues: Is Climate Change A U.S. Security Threat? Jason Kowalski, U.S. policy director for 350.org, the global, grassroots organization battling climate change, explains in this Burning Issues video how climate change has become a national security issue....
Can Democrats Take Back The Senate?
The unhinged Republican presidential primary may give an impression of a nation gone mad, but the way vulnerable Republican Senate incumbents are trying to hold on to their seats reminds us that the nation is not in a right-wing mood.
Sanders Wins Wyoming, Surge Continues
Bernie Sanders won the Wyoming caucuses on Saturday by double digits. That is seven contests in a row and eight of nine. The race is a long way from over, but the challenges keep getting bigger as the campaign heads into New York.
Burning Issues: Is Climate Change A U.S. Security Threat?
Climate change has become a national security issue, according to Jason Kowalski of 350.org in this Burning Issues video segment. That means what a presidential candidate believes about climate change has serious ramifications.
Privatization Panacea? It's Not Proving True For Some D.C. Bus Riders
A report that 95 percent of the D.C. Circulator buses that serve the downtown and tourist areas of the city have safety problems is held up as the latest example of the fallacy of privatization.
Wingnut Week In Review: Southern In-hospitality
This week the South rose again and tried to go back in time more than 50 years, as former confederate states
legislated a queer new twist on Jim Crow; so much for southern hospitality.
I'm Ready To Go To Jail April 13 To Fight For Restaurant Workers
Under the banners of Democracy Spring and Democracy Awakening, we will be sticking our necks out to demand an end to the destructive influence of big money on our politics and the need to enfranchise all people.
Another Argument In The Campaign Against Teachers' Unions Bites The Dust
For years, teachers' unions have been blamed for the fact that disadvantaged children are often taught by under-credentialed, less-experienced teachers. A new report shows the blame needs to be pinned somewhere else.
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Burning Issues: Are We Ready For A Global Economic Slowdown? Josh Bivens, director of research and policy at the Economic Policy Institute, assesses in this Burning Issues video segment whether the United States is ready for the next global economic slowdown. Bernie...
Burning Issues: Are We Ready For A Global Economic Slowdown?
With other large countries perilously close to recession, the next president's beliefs about using government to stimulate economic growth are important, Josh Bivens of the Economic Policy Institute explains in this Burning Issues video.
