by Robert Borosage | Jun 8, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Hillary Clinton became the “presumptive nominee” of the Democratic Party Tuesday night, and will be the first woman ever to win the presidential nomination of a major party. Clinton won primaries in New Jersey, New Mexico and California, the large states at issue. She...
by Robert Borosage | Jun 3, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
The Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the economy added only a startling few 38,000 jobs in May, the weakest number in six years. The official unemployment rate declined dramatically to 4.7 percent, recording not new hiring but new...
by Robert Borosage | May 31, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
The media has declared the Democratic presidential race over, even though no candidate has won a majority of the delegates. The Democratic establishment is in a tizzy about polls showing Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump running even with Democratic...
by Robert Borosage | May 26, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has vowed to drive his bold policies ideas – from a $15 minimum wage and reviving union rights to tuition-free college and Medicare for All – into the Democratic Party platform to write the "strongest progressive agenda that any...
by Robert Borosage | May 23, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
The Democratic establishment and liberal commentariat lathered itself into a fine hysteria last week. What began as a Hillary Clinton surrogate meme – (Bernie has done his job, but now he’s hurting Clinton and should get out of the race) - became a maddened chorus....
