by Richard Eskow | Jun 20, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Some politicians and commentators say that Bernie Sanders is losing leverage because he hasn’t conceded the Democratic primary to front-runner Hillary Clinton. To believe that is to misunderstand both the candidate and his supporters. Sanders received a mandate in...
by Terrance Heath | Jun 17, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
While the rest of the country, and the rest of the world stood with Orlando in grief and solidarity, right-wingers tried to outdo each other with awful reactions. In the late hours of Saturday night, a gunman, who allegiance to ISIS, walked in to The Pulse — a popular...
by Jeff Bryant | Jun 17, 2016 | Blog, Education
Scott Gilpin works in advertising, so he's used to dealing with people in the promotions business. He's just not used to seeing them operating a local public school. Gilpin lives in Denver, where he grew up, graduated from high school and now has two children enrolled...
by Richard Eskow | Jun 17, 2016 | Blog, Progressive Vision
We live on. Whether you believe in an afterlife or not, we live on. We live on in the memories of those we leave behind. We live on in words, in gestures, in glances, in anything that changes the heart of another person forever. We live on in loved ones and in...
by Terrance Heath | Jun 16, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Nearly one year after the Charleston massacre, we are reminded again that hatred is deadly. Now we must affirm that no one who "returns hate for hate" is qualified to lead. On Friday, it will have been one year since a 21-year-old racist walked in to Emanuel African...
by Jeff Bryant | Jun 16, 2016 | Blog, Education
It's obvious 2016 is an election year when Democratic candidates need to draw a bright line to differentiate themselves from Republican opponents. With Donald Trump leading the GOP ticket, and most leaders of his party getting in line behind him, it's doubtful...
