by Dave Johnson | Mar 20, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Trade
For some time now most of the people in this country have been under economic pressure. Pay is not going up very much or at all, while living costs keep rising. One recent statistic stands out – 63 percent of Americans would have difficulty raising $500 to cover an...
by Bill Scher | Mar 18, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016
The good people of Politico Magazine asked me to sketch out how Donald Trump could beat Hillary Clinton (and asked a conservative to show how Clinton could beat Trump.) I gave it my level best but the thought experiment shows the steep climb Trump faces. Here's the...
by Burning Issues Video | Mar 17, 2016 | Blog, Burning Issues, Defense/Foreign Policy, Election 2016
[fve]https://youtu.be/KRllAa55_OM[/fve] Melvin A. Goodman, senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, discusses the lessons of the Libya crisis to be learned from Hillary Clinton's actions as secretary of state, and how Bernie Sanders has approached the...
by Robert Borosage | Mar 16, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
As expected, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton won big in the “Mini Super Tuesday” primaries Tuesday. On the Republican side, the outsiders – Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz – will brawl all the way into what still may be a contested convention. On the Democratic side,...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 15, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Here's what remains true after Tuesday's primary results: Sen. Bernie Sanders will arrive at the 2016 Democratic Convention in Philadelphia July 25-28 with a large support base, serious money, and the ability to ask for even more money for progressive groups. This is...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 15, 2016 | Blog, Democracy, Election 2016, Jobs and Growth
Polls are open Tuesday in four cities that are listed among the 10 "worst cities for black Americans" and two of "America's most segregated cities," according to reports published last year by 24/7 Wall St. The four worst cities for black people are all in Illinois....
