by Robert Borosage | May 31, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
The media has declared the Democratic presidential race over, even though no candidate has won a majority of the delegates. The Democratic establishment is in a tizzy about polls showing Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump running even with Democratic...
by Robert Borosage | May 26, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has vowed to drive his bold policies ideas – from a $15 minimum wage and reviving union rights to tuition-free college and Medicare for All – into the Democratic Party platform to write the "strongest progressive agenda that any...
by Isaiah J. Poole | May 24, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Financial Reform
More than 20 progressive organizations representing millions of voters are putting their weight behind a five-point agenda for the next stage of Wall Street reform. What these groups will formally announce Tuesday, in an event featuring Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth...
by Robert Borosage | May 23, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
The Democratic establishment and liberal commentariat lathered itself into a fine hysteria last week. What began as a Hillary Clinton surrogate meme – (Bernie has done his job, but now he’s hurting Clinton and should get out of the race) - became a maddened chorus....
by Larry Cohen | May 19, 2016 | Election 2016, Progressive Vision
In late July, delegates to the Democratic National Convention will gather in Philadelphia, not only to nominate a president and vice president but to debate a reform agenda for the party itself. Bernie Sanders’ call for a political revolution is centered on...
by Robert Borosage | May 19, 2016 | Election 2016, Progressive Vision
The Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia in July seems set to continue the fierce nomination battle – and launch a major debate about what the party stands for.Senator Bernie Sanders, independent of Vermont, won the Oregon primary handily on Tuesday and was...
