by Bernie Horn | Jun 22, 2016 | Blog
Political activists have a notion that there is something beyond logic and self-interest that drives the choices of average voters. We know that low-income Whites often vote against their own economic interests. We know that very religious Americans often support...
by Richard Eskow | Jun 22, 2016 | Blog, Progressive Vision
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Mz1yuLegKI?start=1916&end=2599] This past weekend I spoke at "The People's Summit," a gathering of groups and individuals dedicated to building a longstanding movement out of the momentum created by the Bernie Sanders...
by Bill Scher | Jun 22, 2016 | Blog, Economy, Progressive Vision
The Washington Post recently highlighted the economic divergence between California and Kansas. California is tied, with Oregon, for the fastest growth in the nation with 4.1 percent gross domestic product growth in 2015. Kansas was flat, at 0.2 percent, and the...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 21, 2016 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
In the United States "We the People" are supposed to have a say in how we are governed, right? So shouldn't we have a say in how we are governed? President Obama, Wall Street and the giant, multinational corporations are pushing – and pushing hard – for a vote in...
by Leo Gerard | Jun 21, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Jobs and Growth
Using rape-and-pillage corporate practices favored by Wall Street, Donald Trump made himself billions while swindling and bankrupting untold numbers of hourly workers and small businesses. In recounting his "deal-making" experience, Trump says the important thing is...
by Burning Issues Video | Jun 21, 2016 | Blog, Burning Issues, Defense/Foreign Policy
[fve]https://youtu.be/3V4mFLSajK0[/fve] In order to eliminate the threat of ISIS, the United States has to support eliminating the conditions that have led people in Syria and Iraq to conclude that ISIS is the lesser of two evils, says Phyllis Bennis, a fellow at the...
