by Terrance Heath | Jul 12, 2016 | Blog, Progressive Vision
The horrors we witnessed in Baton Rouge, Minneapolis, and Dallas are rooted in racism that has haunted our families for generations, and is perhaps at its deadliest when embodied in law enforcement and embedded in our communities. As I took my oldest son to summer...
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...
by Richard Eskow | Jul 11, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Bernie Sanders’ "political revolution" scored some impressive wins this weekend at the Democratic Party Platform Committee meeting in Orlando, adding to its victories last month in St. Louis. ABC News called the resulting document “exceptionally progressive.”...
by Terrance Heath | Jul 7, 2016 | Blog, Progressive Vision
It happened again this week, as it has happened more than 100 times so far this year. Police in Louisiana and Minnesota shot and killed two more black men. Police-involved shootings of black men in Louisiana and Minneapolis made headlines this week. But as People’s...
by Robert Borosage | Jul 5, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Who will Hillary Clinton choose as her running mate? She enjoyed the biggest crowds of her campaign when she appeared with Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, setting progressive hearts aflutter. Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, the insiders’ favorite, has begun...
by George Goehl | Jul 1, 2016 | Blog, Progressive Vision
When Bernie Sanders announced that he was running for president last year, people didn’t expect much from the Vermont senator. The political establishment wrote him off and the pundits berated him—“he’s a socialist for God’s sake.” Even die-hard progressives conceded...