by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 25, 2016 | Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign operation has been anything but subtle in suggesting that now that her win in the New York primary Tuesday has made her nomination at the Democratic convention pretty much inevitable, it’s time for the Bernie Sanders campaign to...
by Robert Borosage | Apr 25, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Hillary Clinton’s heated defense of the money she has raised from Wall Street and other interests won’t cut it. Her protests contradict the basic case that virtually all Democrats and reformers have made for getting big money out of politics. It is vital that voters...
by Burning Issues Video | Apr 25, 2016 | Burning Issues, Defense/Foreign Policy
[fve]https://youtu.be/2A8YD-yMo-I[/fve] The principle of a civilian-run military – a military answerable to a democratically elected president and Congress – has proven vital to the health of American democracy. But retired Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of...
by Terrance Heath | Apr 22, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
For eight years, wingnuts had to deal with the reality of a black man in the White House. Now, it looks like there will be a black woman in their wallets. They’re not taking it well. On Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announced that former slave Harriet Tubman,...
by Burning Issues Video | Apr 22, 2016 | Burning Issues, Defense/Foreign Policy
[fve]https://youtu.be/WEXE6YK0SDg[/fve] The next president should heed the wisdom of an electorate that is "fed up" with the follies of military adventurism because of the fiascos in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya, says Emira Woods, a foreign policy fellow at the...
by Justin Talbot-Zorn | Apr 21, 2016 | Blog, Economy, People's Budget
In recent years, the Congressional Progressive Caucus has spearheaded policy ideas, from debt-free college to the $15 minimum wage, that have gained incredible momentum from city halls to presidential debate stages. Predictably, Republicans’ responses to these ideas...
