by Richard Eskow | Jan 14, 2020 | Blog, Election, Featured, Politics
“Purity test”? “Pragmatic progressive”? “Free stuff”? What are these politicians talking about? If you’re confused, you’re not alone. Certain words and phrases are routinely used by “centrist” political candidates. By design, these terms are imprecise, emotionally...
by Miles Mogulescu | Jan 8, 2020 | Blog, Conservatism, Featured, Politics
Democrats seem thrilled that John Bolton - a leading neoconservative, an advocate of bombing Iran and North Korea, and, briefly, Trump’s National Security advisor - has said he would testify at Senate impeachment hearings, if subpoenaed. They seem to hope Bolton will...
by Sam Pizzigati | Nov 14, 2019 | Democracy, Election, Featured, Politics
Photo credit: Gage Skidmore / flickr / cc The 220-year-old Gracie Mansion, the official residence of New York’s mayors since 1942, hosted billionaire Michael Bloomberg for three terms. The first term began after Bloomberg, then the Republican candidate for mayor,...
by Robert Borosage | Aug 14, 2019 | Blog, Democracy, Featured, Politics
Photo credit: office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi There’s nothing like the intervention of a true racist to provide a sense of proportion. The public dispute between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the group of four young, electric, progressive female legislators of...
by David Hatch | Aug 9, 2019 | Blog, Democracy, Election, Featured, Politics
Photo credit: CNN Politics / screenshot Watching presidential candidates spar onstage in their last debate, I shared some of Senator Cory Booker’s frustration. Booker lost his cool when former Vice President Joe Biden tried to paint himself as a criminal justice...
by Del. Stephanie Smith (D-MD) | Aug 7, 2019 | Democracy, Election, Featured, Leigh Friedman, Politics
We all want a new President - but at People’s Action, we know it will take a lot more than one candidate at the top to turn this country around. That’s why we’re recruiting and training more than 500 grassroots community leaders to run for elected office at every...
