by Martha Burk | Sep 8, 2016 | Blog, Defense/Foreign Policy, Gender Justice
Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton sparred separately on military matters with back-to-back appearances on NBC’s Commander-in-Chief Forum on Wednesday. Trump stuck with his usual empty bombast, assuring a meek Matt Lauer that he would fix things up...
by Burning Issues Video | Sep 1, 2016 | Burning Issues, Defense/Foreign Policy, Economy, Progressive Vision
[fve]https://youtu.be/iZYScovEivc[/fve] In the final segment of the Burning Issues video series, Robert Borosage, co-director of the Campaign for America's Future, presents a challenge to progressive leadership to continue the debate on foreign and domestic policy...
by Leo Gerard | Aug 16, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Defense/Foreign Policy, Election 2016
Donald Trump has perfected the swagger and boast of a professional wrestler. While a guy like World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Vince McMahon is full of fake bluster and brashness for the sake of TV ratings, Donald Trump is the real McCoy: A reckless bully. That...
by Miles Mogulescu | Jul 19, 2016 | Blog, Defense/Foreign Policy, Election 2016
Republican President Teddy Roosevelt, hardly anyone’s idea of a dove, famously proclaimed that in exercising diplomatic and military power, the U.S. should “talk softly and carry a big stick.” In contrast, each time there’s a terror attack or other violent incident...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 15, 2016 | Burning Issues, Defense/Foreign Policy
[fve]https://youtu.be/dVUQpSqWg0c[/fve] Palestinians are in for "another difficult four years" as a result of the weakness of the Democratic Party platform's statement on the conflict between Israel and Palestine, says Jim Zogby, the president of the Arab American...
by Burning Issues Video | Jul 13, 2016 | Blog, Burning Issues, Defense/Foreign Policy
[fve]https://youtu.be/swfAHGk8mWk[/fve] The shift in foreign aid spending from the State Department to the Defense Department since 9/11 has created significant problems for U.S. diplomacy and peacemaking, says Colby Goodman of the Center for International Policy in...
