by Robert Reich | Aug 1, 2016 | Blog, Economy, Progressive Vision
In her speech accepting the Democratic nomination, Hillary Clinton said the nation was at “a moment of reckoning.” She’s right, but the reckoning is not simply the choice voters face this fall between her and Donald Trump. The real reckoning is larger and it will...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 1, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Hillary Clinton offered a strong economic platform at last week’s Democratic National Convention. She promised to boost employment and wages with large-scale investments in infrastructure and green jobs. She declared her opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 29, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
[fve]https://youtu.be/gARt1GGM7d4[/fve] When Rev. William Barber, best known in progressive circles as the leader of the Moral Mondays protests against the right-wing governor and legislature in North Carolina, was brought to the stage at the Democratic National...
by Robert Borosage | Jul 29, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday night confidently accepted the nomination of the Democratic Party to be president of the United States. This was history. Our money-laden, poll-driven politics is a tawdry business. The Clintons are burdened by a lot of history on...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 28, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Luz Sosa came to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia as a disappointed Bernie Sanders delegate. But she is leaving fired up to take on big political fights in her home town of Milwaukee. "This election was never about Bernie Sanders. These elections...
by Robert Borosage | Jul 28, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Democrats rolled out the big guns Wednesday night in Philadelphia: Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg and Tim Kaine warmed the crowd for what culminated in an emotional farewell by President Obama. Before the network hour, they were preceded by a martial display on the...