by Robert Borosage | Oct 9, 2015 | Blog, Election 2016, Populism2015, Progressive Vision
When Hillary Clinton expressed doubts about the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement and then issued a call for new Wall Street reforms, reporters suggested she was trying to mute her differences with Bernie Sanders in the run-up to the first Democratic presidential...
by Robert Borosage | Jun 16, 2015 | Current Issues, Populism2015, Populist Majority
In the early stages of any presidential campaign, the race for money is accompanied by an “ideas primary” as candidates begin to frame the purpose and platform of their campaigns. What’s striking about the salad days of the 2016 race is that populism is leading the...
by Richard Eskow | May 27, 2015 | Blog, Populism2015, Retirement Security
The obstacles faced by the progressive movement, especially in a post-Citizens United world, aren’t news to anybody who's been paying attention. But recent developments may also stir an unfamiliar sensation in the liberally minded observer: optimism. On Wednesday we...
by Richard Eskow | May 27, 2015 | Blog, Populism2015, Progressive Vision
We live in a political era dominated by corporate cash, billionaire "beauty pageants," and a right-wing noise machine whose rhetorical phasers are permanently set to "stun." It's easy to lose track of ourselves when we're distracted from moment to moment by Fox News...
by Emily Foster | May 18, 2015 | Populism2015, Populist Majority
While well-heeled conservatives watched Republican presidential candidates make their pitches for support in an Iowa convention hall at the GOP's Lincoln Dinner on Saturday, grassroots progressives gathered in a much less lavish college auditorium to discuss pressing...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 21, 2015 | Populism2015, Progressive Vision
There is one respect in which politics is like investing: You don't put your eggs in one basket. The lesson we learned from the Barack Obama presidency is that while it is good to invest some of our hopes in a presidential candidate, no single candidate warrants the...
