by Rev. William Barber | Jul 5, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Dear Republican Presidential Nominee Donald Trump, Your campaign, like the leadership of our Legislature and Governor, does not represent the politics of Lincoln, the call of justice, or the ethics of Biblical evangelicalism. Instead, your campaign presents an...
by Leo Gerard | Jul 5, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Jobs and Growth, Trade
Donald Trump stomped into my backyard just days before July 4 and claimed to be a steelworker. That’s right. The billionaire, whose manicured little hands routinely slip into lambskin golf gloves but never once donned heavy-duty work mitts, actually claimed to...
by Robert Borosage | Jul 5, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Who will Hillary Clinton choose as her running mate? She enjoyed the biggest crowds of her campaign when she appeared with Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, setting progressive hearts aflutter. Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, the insiders’ favorite, has begun...
by Terrance Heath | Jul 1, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
It took Republicans four years, over $7 million, eight congressional investigations, 11 hours grilling former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and 800 pages to admit that Clinton was not at fault in Benghazi attack. But that doesn’t mean it’s over. From the moment...
by George Goehl | Jul 1, 2016 | Blog, Progressive Vision
When Bernie Sanders announced that he was running for president last year, people didn’t expect much from the Vermont senator. The political establishment wrote him off and the pundits berated him—“he’s a socialist for God’s sake.” Even die-hard progressives conceded...
by Sam Pizzigati | Jul 1, 2016 | Blog, Economy
Later this summer, just a few weeks after this year’s Fourth of July celebrations, Democrats will be gathering in Philadelphia to make some presidential nomination history. Democrats — small-d variety — gathered in Philadelphia soon after the original Fourth of July,...
