by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 4, 2015 | Democracy
Rick Smith hosts a daily radio talk show based in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, which bills itself as the place “where working people come to talk.” Smith makes it his business to know the pulse of the labor movement. But he admits to one area where his knowledge was...
by Larry Cohen | Aug 26, 2015 | Democracy
The NAACP’s “Journey for Justice” began in Selma, Ala., on August 1. The march is scheduled to arrive in Washington, D.C. on September 15, followed by an “advocacy day” at the Capitol on September 16. NAACP national president Cornell Brooks has walked much of the...
by Van Jones | Aug 13, 2015 | Blog, Democracy
Many observers are perplexed by the decision of some Black Lives Matter activists to twice disrupt attempted addresses by presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders. Well, I am not perplexed. The new generation of civil rights activists never accepted "trickle-down...
by Joshua Holland | Aug 13, 2015 | Democracy
This commentary originally appeared in Raw Story. A lot of white progressives have been flummoxed by #BlackLivesMatter activists disrupting Sen. Bernie Sanders’ events. They point out that Sanders is the most liberal candidate in this race, and wonder why Hillary...
by Scott Klinger | Aug 12, 2015 | Blog, Democracy
Our country has no shortage of big problems. While big challenges are nothing new for Americans, how we deal with them has changed. Fifty years ago, rising social unrest forced Congress to deal with big things — like voting rights, immigration, and access to health...
by Robert Borosage | Aug 7, 2015 | Blog, Democracy
Donald Trump commandeered the stage in last night’s Republican presidential debate. Planted in the middle by his lead in the polls, framed by his signature orange bird’s-nest hair, he presented a bloated, looming, ominous visage, a surly Gulliver surrounded by...
