by Richard Eskow | Jun 20, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Some politicians and commentators say that Bernie Sanders is losing leverage because he hasn’t conceded the Democratic primary to front-runner Hillary Clinton. To believe that is to misunderstand both the candidate and his supporters. Sanders received a mandate in...
by Terrance Heath | Jun 17, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
While the rest of the country, and the rest of the world stood with Orlando in grief and solidarity, right-wingers tried to outdo each other with awful reactions. In the late hours of Saturday night, a gunman, who allegiance to ISIS, walked in to The Pulse — a popular...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 17, 2016 | Election 2016, Progressive Vision
If you actually read Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speech to his supporters Thursday – rather than the news coverage of it – you will immediately grasp the importance of this weekend's gathering in Chicago of about 3,000 progressive leaders and...
by Terrance Heath | Jun 16, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Nearly one year after the Charleston massacre, we are reminded again that hatred is deadly. Now we must affirm that no one who "returns hate for hate" is qualified to lead. On Friday, it will have been one year since a 21-year-old racist walked in to Emanuel African...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 16, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
When voters investigate a candidate, they traditionally want to know what policies that candidate proposes to pursue. What will that person try to achieve in office? What will our lives be like if we elect that person? Most importantly, how do they plan to achieve...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 15, 2016 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
“Working people everywhere have had enough. The TPP is nothing short of a corporate takeover of our democracy. That’s why people are rising up to stop it. Corporate lobbyists want to sneak the TPP through Congress quietly; that means it’s time for us to get loud.” --...
