by Miles Mogulescu | Aug 22, 2017 | Blog
Let's be clear here. Whenever Trump, his family, administration or campaign, or Putin and his envoys, talk about “Russian adoptions,” they're really talking about U.S. sanctions on Russia. So if Trump, members of family, administration and campaign discussed...
by Jeff Bryant | Aug 21, 2017 | Blog
Progressive political candidates and office holders have had little to say about school vouchers and charter schools. They'll need to wise up soon, as vouchers and charters are rapidly being defined by an emboldened grassroots as not at all progressive. Netroots...
by Tim Wilkins | Aug 21, 2017 | Blog
The widespread outrage sparked by white supremacist violence in Charlottesville may prompt dialogue and action nationwide to promote racial equity, according to leaders from the Virginia city. “They wanted to think they could intimidate us, but it didn’t work - it...
by Miles Mogulescu | Aug 20, 2017 | Blog
Don’t get me wrong. I hardly mourn Steve Bannon’s departure from government. Writing in The Huffington Post last summer, right after Bannon replaced Paul Manafort as Trump’s campaign manager, I was one of the first to warn of the dangers Bannon posed. Having met...
by Jeff Bryant | Aug 17, 2017 | Blog
At the same time Donald Trump's vile presidency is unifying Democratic resistance to his policies on civil rights, healthcare, and immigration, his views on education policy, and those of his Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, are dividing Democrats. Evidence of this...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 17, 2017 | Blog
It has, today, come to this: The person holding the title of president of the United States in 2017 decries the loss of "beautiful statues and monuments" to white supremacy, "sad to see the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart." This is a new...