by Sam Pizzigati | Nov 7, 2016 | Blog
Have you been keeping your own personal list of issues that should have received some attention in this year’s election campaigns but didn’t? Here’s one issue you may have overlooked: America’s incredible housing squeeze. We’re not talking here just the household...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 7, 2016 | Blog
And the men of the towns and of the soft suburban country gathered to defend themselves; and they reassured themselves that they were good and the invaders bad, as a man must do before he fights. Fear and hatred of the stranger is nothing new, here in this nation of...
by George Goehl | Nov 7, 2016 | #BestOfUs2016, Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Literature used by canvassers on Friday working to unseat Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Trumpism is nothing new to the people of Phoenix, Arizona. Sheriff Joe Arpaio, of Maricopa County, has been a real-life preview of what Donald Trump means for...
by Jeff Bryant | Nov 7, 2016 | Blog
A lot is at stake in tomorrow's election, but as the New York Times reports, the big war in Massachusetts is not about who will be president but what will happen to the state's number of charter schools. A ballot referendum called Question 2 would allow for the...
by Sandy Banard | Nov 7, 2016 | Blog
“There’s never been anyone more abusive to women in politics than Bill Clinton. My words were unfortunate- the Clintons’ actions were far worse.” -- Donald Trump Sexual violence has been front and center in the presidential campaign, after the recording of Donald...
by Ai-jen Poo | Nov 4, 2016 | Blog
The last time I saw Gloria Steinem, she said something that stayed with me: “The voting booth is the one place in America where everyone is equal.” No matter who you are, where you come from, what you look like, once you vote, your vote counts. And no one vote counts...
