Archive
Sanders and Trump: The Populist and the Demagogue
Conservative commentators have begun to label both Sanders and Trump "populists," one from the left, the other from the right. This is a slur both on Sanders and on populism.
Why Hillary Needs an Army of Digital Defenders
Wolf Blitzer spent an entire segment discussing with a Republican guest whether Hillary Clinton had committed a felony or a misdemeanor by using a private email server, without a single allegation of criminality or scintilla of evidence.
Shielding Wall Street from the Ravages of Bigotry
Former right-wing senator Phil Gram seems to have developed a new empathy for people who are demonized. He turned up on Capitol Hill recently, wailing that overpaid corporate chieftains are actually — get this — victims of public bigotry.
Why Republicans Vote For Bernie
While Americans disagree on social issues like gay marriage and abortion, they’re actually pretty unified on the bread and butter economic issues that Bernie has made the core of his campaign.
Progressive Breakfast
Dem Race Tightens Bernie Sanders moves up in CNN national poll: "Overall, 47% of Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters say they support Clinton for the party's nomination. That's down 9 points since July ... Sanders has climbed 10 points since July and holds second...
Katrina and Conservative Failure, Ten Years Later
Ten years later, the Bush administration's failed response to Hurricane Katrina is a heartrending example of conservatism's most devastating failure, and its most catastrophic success.
Trump Argues For Huge Corporate Tax Giveaway, Low Minimum Wage
Companies that did not use this tax dodge have already paid their taxes. Letting these multinational corporations off would reward the multinationals for dodging, and give them a tremendous advantage over companies that paid their taxes.
China Protects its Workers; America Doesn’t Bother
China lowered the value of its currency on three consecutive days last week, for a total of 4.4 percent, the largest decline in two decades, raising the question of when the United States is going to stop ignoring currency manipulation.
Progressive Breakfast
Trump Immigration Plan Bashed Immigration experts trash Trumps plan. The Hill: "Douglas Holtz-Eakin, the head of the conservative American Action Forum, said ... it would cost anywhere from $400 billion to $600 billion to detain, process and deport every undocumented...
Bernie Sanders Proposes To Boost Worker-Ownership Of Companies
What happens if a business is owned and run by the people who work there, and not by some distant, already-wealthy investors? Worker co-ops are businesses owned and operated by the people who work at the company.
