by Isaiah J. Poole | May 12, 2015 | Economy, Progressive Vision
[fve]http://youtu.be/o4GUU2yNVxc[/fve]New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks outside the Capitol on Tuesday about The Progressive Agenda to Address Income Inequality. At the National Press Club overlooking the White House and on the grounds of the Capitol,...
by Hugh Espey | May 4, 2015 | Blog, Populist Majority, Progressive Vision
A few weeks ago, Hillary Clinton did a well-staged, two-day swing through Iowa, meeting with small groups of people and some media along the way. Afterwards she said we have some great ideas for a better future. She’s right about that, and she’s right that this...
by Richard Eskow | May 4, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Progressive Vision
When asked about Baltimore last week, President Obama said this: “... if we think that we’re just gonna send the police to do the dirty work of containing the problems that arise (in our inner cities), without as a nation and as a society saying what can we do to...
by Robert Borosage | May 1, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
Tweeting that “America needs a political revolution,” Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders threw himself Thursday into the race for the Democratic nomination for the presidency. Sanders is in many ways the mirror image of Hillary Clinton, the favored candidate in the race. She...
by Robert Borosage | Apr 30, 2015 | Blog, Populist Majority, Progressive Vision, The New Populism
The race for the Democratic nomination for president was transformed today as populist stalwart Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders announced his candidacy. The mainstream media immediately focused on the horse race – assessing Sanders' standing in the polls (low), money...
by Donald Kaul | Apr 29, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
What started out as righteous protest over the death of a young black man in the hands of Baltimore cops (he had been accused of “making eye contact with a police officer”) quickly degenerated into a full-scale riot. By nightfall the city was on fire, its hopes for a...
