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 Dave Johnson | Jul 14, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Recent headlines might make us think the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is "dead" or at least at "death's door." We can hope. But the Wall Street, giant multinational corporations, many Republicans in Congress and unfortunately the Obama administration are still...
by Robert Borosage | Jul 13, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Even as Bernie Sanders was endorsing Hillary Clinton Tuesday in New Hampshire, expressions of dismay and outrage from his supporters flooded social media. Naturally, Donald Trump piled on, tweeting that Bernie Sanders “has totally sold out to corrupt Hillary Clinton,”...
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...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 12, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
The draft of the Republican platform at first glance sounds pretty good when it comes to trade. So how do they thread the needle between assumed-candidate Donald Trump's words on trade and most of the party's – and Trump's own – actual positions? Those positions...
by Robert Borosage | Jul 11, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
The Democratic Party Platform Committee convened in Orlando, Fla., over the weekend. Once more, the Sanders delegates pushed hard for inclusion of fundamental reforms. Once more, they made progress on many issues and were rejected on several. The campaign hasn’t...
