by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 17, 2016 | Democracy, Economy, Election 2016
Talk about dog-whistle politics. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gave a speech in Wisconsin Tuesday night that was virtually a textbook example of how to play race politics to win white conservative votes: Feign sympathy for black people while vowing to...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 9, 2016 | Economy, Election 2016
There are two stunning statistics in a report released this week by CFED and the Institute for Policy Studies that should be fundamental to any discussion of economic growth and racial equity. One is that the average wealth of white families in the past 30 years has...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 3, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
[fve]https://youtu.be/p13WBHQrxpE[/fve]Alicia Garza of the Black Lives Matter movement talks about the relationship between progressives and the African-American community during the People's Action People's assembly on Sunday in Milwaukee. A newly formed national...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 29, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
[fve]https://youtu.be/gARt1GGM7d4[/fve] When Rev. William Barber, best known in progressive circles as the leader of the Moral Mondays protests against the right-wing governor and legislature in North Carolina, was brought to the stage at the Democratic National...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 28, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Luz Sosa came to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia as a disappointed Bernie Sanders delegate. But she is leaving fired up to take on big political fights in her home town of Milwaukee. "This election was never about Bernie Sanders. These elections...
