by Richard Eskow | Nov 3, 2016 | Blog
[fve]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tmOWx6gyMo[/fve] Richard Eskow interviewed "Dee,” an anonymous prison strike leader jailed at an undisclosed facility in the Carolinas The for-profit prison industry is in trouble. Bernie Sanders came out against it in the...
by Jeff Bryant | Nov 3, 2016 | Blog
If you're one of those voters who's been frustrated by the lack of media coverage of serious policy issues in this year's presidential election, you can look down ballot for meaningful debates on meatier topics in a number of other races. The news outlet Vox provides...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 3, 2016 | Blog
In September Campaign for America's Future became a project of the new People's Action. On October 18 People's Action announced the People’s Action 22: Our slate of 2016 endorsed candidates. The People’s Action 22 OurFuture's October 18 post, Meet the “People’s Action...
by Robert Borosage | Nov 3, 2016 | Blog
While Sens. Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown stump across the country for Hillary Clinton, they are also spearheading progressive efforts to influence key appointments in a future Clinton administration. Following Warren’s dicta that...
by George Goehl and Ai-jen Poo | Nov 3, 2016 | #BestOfUs2016, Blog, Democracy, Election 2016
George Goehl and Ai-jen Poo hours before their election road trip. Some couples, in the days leading up to their wedding, are caught up in final preparations: a last-minute dance class, attending to a late RSVP, or doing some work on your vows. There are lots of...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 2, 2016 | Blog
Sen. Charles Schumer’s (D-Wall Street) is expected to become the Democratic leader in the Senate and potential Majority Leader. He is said to be pushing for a huge, huge corporate tax break, which would reward the largest tax-dodgers for dodging taxes, thereby making...
