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The Democratic Face-Off in Milwaukee: The Hammer and the Stiletto
The Democratic debate in Wisconsin Thursday night probably ended in a draw. Both candidates reassured supporters. Neither was embarrassed. Clinton wielded the stiletto; Sanders pounded the hammer. The race heats up.
For Abe Lincoln, on his Birthday
With respect to Honest Abe on his birthday (February 12), I update his Gettysburg Address – at a time that tests whether our nation, or any nation conceived as ours, can still endure.
Clinton Needs To Catch Up To Sanders On The TPP
Which candidates will promise today not to send the TPP to Congress for approval if elected, or promise not to sign the TPP into law if Congress approves it? Bernie Sanders has; will Hillary Clinton?
Why State Leaders Need To Back Away From School Takeover Agencies
Republican state lawmakers are seizing control of schools and school districts and overriding local governance of education. But if elected school boards are the problem, are state takeovers the solution? A new report says "No."
How Badly Did The Supreme Court Damage Obama's Climate Plan?
Defenders of the climate have to worry that the Supreme Court will sent the EPA back to the drawing board in 2017. Just one more reason why who gets elected president could literally change the course of the world.
Progressive Breakfast
Dem Debate Tonight Dems debate tonight on PBS at 9 PM ET. Sanders team thinks Clinton is cornered. The Atlantic's Ron Brownstein: "If she portrays Sanders’s agenda as unrealistic, they believe they can accuse her of limiting Democratic ambitions only to the ideas...
Listen: Robert Borosage On The Bernie Sanders New Hampshire Win
During a webinar by the Public Leadership Institute, Robert Borosage talks about Bernie Sanders' victory in the New Hampshire primary and the political road ahead for the progressive movement in 2016.
A Nation of Flints
We are living in a nation of Flints, thanks to racial bias, economic inequality, austerity, and conservative governance. We can’t afford to kid ourselves about what it will take to fix it.
When Government 'Saves Money' And Gets 'Smaller,' We All Lose
Many say we should "run government like a business" and "save money" by "cutting spending" and "making government smaller." Does this work? Do we really save money?
Is Bernie Sanders the Ronald Reagan of 2016?
As Bernie Sanders rises in the polls and does better than expected, the alarms about his electability in the general election grow in volume and intensity. But Insurgent candidates don’t always lose.
