by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 7, 2016 | Election 2016, Progressive Vision
[fve]https://youtu.be/QU34FuK_Cs8[/fve] As Pennsylvania takes center stage as the 2016 election season draws to a close, with both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton lavishing last-minute attention on the state, many residents in one pivotal town seem to have locked in...
by Libero Della Piana | Nov 7, 2016 | Blog
After more than a year, the U.S. Presidential election is just hours from the finish line. Now it comes down to turnout. No matter what the polls say, people actually casting their votes will determine the outcome of this crucial race. That’s why protecting that vote...
by Sam Pizzigati | Nov 7, 2016 | Blog
Have you been keeping your own personal list of issues that should have received some attention in this year’s election campaigns but didn’t? Here’s one issue you may have overlooked: America’s incredible housing squeeze. We’re not talking here just the household...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 7, 2016 | Blog
And the men of the towns and of the soft suburban country gathered to defend themselves; and they reassured themselves that they were good and the invaders bad, as a man must do before he fights. Fear and hatred of the stranger is nothing new, here in this nation of...
by George Goehl | Nov 7, 2016 | #BestOfUs2016, Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Literature used by canvassers on Friday working to unseat Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Trumpism is nothing new to the people of Phoenix, Arizona. Sheriff Joe Arpaio, of Maricopa County, has been a real-life preview of what Donald Trump means for...
by Jeff Bryant | Nov 7, 2016 | Blog
A lot is at stake in tomorrow's election, but as the New York Times reports, the big war in Massachusetts is not about who will be president but what will happen to the state's number of charter schools. A ballot referendum called Question 2 would allow for the...
by Sandy Banard | Nov 7, 2016 | Blog
“There’s never been anyone more abusive to women in politics than Bill Clinton. My words were unfortunate- the Clintons’ actions were far worse.” -- Donald Trump Sexual violence has been front and center in the presidential campaign, after the recording of Donald...
by People's Action | Nov 7, 2016 | Breakfast
Who's Voting? Latino turnout seen as surging. NYT: "...Hispanic America has been mobilized like never before in the 2016 election, and is emerging as a formidable force with the power to elect a president. Energized by anger at Mr. Trump and an aggressive Democratic...
by George Goehl | Nov 5, 2016 | #BestOfUs2016, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
‘Sam Gbafa of the Reno Justice Coalition, shown in this frame from Facebook Live, speaks to organizers Thursday at the University of Reno in Nevada. On Wednesday, Ai-jen Poo and I kicked off a six-day, six-state tour to inspire people to go to the polls, knock on...
by Ai-jen Poo | Nov 4, 2016 | Blog
The last time I saw Gloria Steinem, she said something that stayed with me: “The voting booth is the one place in America where everyone is equal.” No matter who you are, where you come from, what you look like, once you vote, your vote counts. And no one vote counts...
by Mark Trahant | Nov 4, 2016 | Blog
The following was originally published at TrahantReports.com Selfies: A get out the vote rally in New Town, North Dakota. Facebook photo via North Segment of the Three Affiliated Tribes. Across Indian Country there are rallies, phone banks, forums, and social media...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 4, 2016 | Blog
The U.S. Census Bureau reported Friday that the September trade deficit fell to an enormous, humgonous $36.4 billion, down $4.0 billion from and even more enormous and humongous $40.5 billion in August. This does not represent a boom in job (and wealth)-creating...
by Jeff Bryant | Nov 4, 2016 | Blog
The following was published at The Progressive. Recently, four major national newspapers published editorials criticizing the NAACP's call for a moratorium on charter schools. Bowing to the influence of the powerful charter PR machine, the editorial boards of the...
by Ellicot Dandy | Nov 4, 2016 | Blog
The climate crisis is upon us. Year after year, we break records for heat, droughts and extreme weather. Super storms like Katrina and Sandy have devastated communities and left thousands homeless years later. Already we have our first climate refugees as rising seas...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 4, 2016 | Blog
A team of political scientists, writing in the Washington Post, concluded that "Trump supporters who are struggling economically perceive U.S. economic performance overall to be much worse than it actually is." Those voters believed that the unemployment rate is three...
by People's Action | Nov 4, 2016 | Breakfast
Final Weekend Both campaigns look to motivate base vote in final weekend. NYT: "...Clinton is moving to reinforce her position among crucial constituencies, including black communities in North Carolina and Florida, and Hispanic strongholds in Nevada and Arizona ......
by Robert Borosage | Nov 4, 2016 | Blog
The following was originally published in The Nation As the presidential campaign hobbles through its last dispiriting days, the central concerns of voters are getting lost amid the screech of scandal, real and invented. This election isn’t about Clinton’s “damned...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 3, 2016 | Blog
[fve]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tmOWx6gyMo[/fve] Richard Eskow interviewed "Dee,” an anonymous prison strike leader jailed at an undisclosed facility in the Carolinas The for-profit prison industry is in trouble. Bernie Sanders came out against it in the...
by Jeff Bryant | Nov 3, 2016 | Blog
If you're one of those voters who's been frustrated by the lack of media coverage of serious policy issues in this year's presidential election, you can look down ballot for meaningful debates on meatier topics in a number of other races. The news outlet Vox provides...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 3, 2016 | Blog
In September Campaign for America's Future became a project of the new People's Action. On October 18 People's Action announced the People’s Action 22: Our slate of 2016 endorsed candidates. The People’s Action 22 OurFuture's October 18 post, Meet the “People’s Action...
by People's Action | Nov 3, 2016 | Breakfast
Progressives Tell Clinton To Be Bold OurFuture.org's Robert Borosage defends progressive moves to influence a Clinton cabinet: "Roger Lowenstein, reporter turned investment banker, spewed out an incoherent rant against Warren in a New York Times op-ed. The heads of...
by Robert Borosage | Nov 3, 2016 | Blog
While Sens. Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown stump across the country for Hillary Clinton, they are also spearheading progressive efforts to influence key appointments in a future Clinton administration. Following Warren’s dicta that...
by George Goehl and Ai-jen Poo | Nov 3, 2016 | #BestOfUs2016, Blog, Democracy, Election 2016
George Goehl and Ai-jen Poo hours before their election road trip. Some couples, in the days leading up to their wedding, are caught up in final preparations: a last-minute dance class, attending to a late RSVP, or doing some work on your vows. There are lots of...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 2, 2016 | Blog
Sen. Charles Schumer’s (D-Wall Street) is expected to become the Democratic leader in the Senate and potential Majority Leader. He is said to be pushing for a huge, huge corporate tax break, which would reward the largest tax-dodgers for dodging taxes, thereby making...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 2, 2016 | Blog
Allyson Fredericksen, Deputy Director of Research for the People's Action Institute, discusses her new report with Richard Eskow on "The Zero Hour." Click here for audio. The People's Action Institute's new report, Waiting for Payoff: How Low Wages and Student Debt...
by People's Action | Nov 2, 2016 | Breakfast
KKK Tries To Sway Election KKK embraces Trump. Mother Jones: "The KKK quarterly The Crusader ('The Premier Voice Of The White Resistance') devoted its latest front page to a throaty defense of Trump's 'Make America Great Again' slogan ... [KKK leader Pastor Thomas]...
by Bill Scher | Nov 2, 2016 | Blog
If there's one House race that encapsulates the hopes of the Bernie Sanders revolution, it is the race for the currently Republican-held open seat in upstate New York's 19th congressional district. Republican John Faso, the former minority leader of the State...
by Wendy Barranco | Nov 1, 2016 | Blog
[fve]https://youtu.be/h1Hd2oCPOlU[/fve] Donald Trump likes to claim that he would be “great for the veterans,” but veterans like me know better. I served in Iraq as an Army Combat Medic and saw first hand the stakes of the decisions that will be made by our...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 1, 2016 | Blog
Richard Eskow interviewed Dean Baker about his new book, "Rigged." Audio is here. Economist Dean Baker appeared on The Zero Hour this weekend to discuss his new book, “Rigged: How Globalization and the Rules of the Modern Economy Were Structured to Make the Rich...
by Sam Pizzigati | Nov 1, 2016 | Blog
How much income do you want to report next spring on your 2016 tax return? For most of us, that question rates as downright silly. We don’t get to choose how much income we report on our tax returns. The vast bulk of our annual income comes from our paychecks. We just...
by People's Action | Nov 1, 2016 | Breakfast
Ballot Initiatives Could Move America Left Voters poised to lift wages. American Prospect: "On the ballot in Washington state is an initiative that will raise the minimum wage from its current level of $9.47 an hour to $13.50 an hour by 2020. In Arizona, Colorado, and...
by Leo Gerard | Nov 1, 2016 | Blog
Image by Ryan Merkley on Flickr Republicans have conjured for Americans a monster more frightening than any Hollywood has ever produced for Halloween. It pales “The Shining.” It is a two-headed beast Donald Trump calls...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 1, 2016 | Blog
Economist Jared Bernstein says "corporate capture" of our trade process isn't the only thing we have to fix for trade to benefit all of us. We also have to do something about "excess savings." He means trade imbalances. Monday's Progressive Breakfast informs us that:...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 31, 2016 | Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Since 2011, Maine’s bombastic Republican governor Paul LePage has given America a taste of what it might be like to live under a Donald Trump presidency. Like Trump, LePage has made outrageous comments against immigrants and communities of color. They include telling...
by Bill Scher | Oct 31, 2016 | Blog
[fve]https://youtu.be/NIXKGILUH8A[/fve] In the latest video from the Main Street Alliance, a national network of state-based small business coalitions, Mike Price of New Jersey tells the story of why he wouldn't let his Price Communications go into business with...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 31, 2016 | Blog
"The man of great wealth owes a peculiar obligation to the state because he derives special advantages from the mere existence of government." - Teddy Roosevelt 1906 You and I pay income tax on our income. But what if you get a huge chunk of income by inheriting vast...
by People's Action | Oct 31, 2016 | Breakfast
Race Holds Steady Politico poll shows no change: "Hillary Clinton has a slim three-point lead over Donald Trump one week before Election Day, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll conducted entirely after FBI Director James Comey announced the discovery of...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 31, 2016 | Blog
It’s true: the Affordable Care Act is having problems. But Republicans who say those problems are caused by “big government” have it exactly backward. Obamacare's current difficulties are grounded in our country’s political fetishization of the private sector – a fad...
by LeeAnn Hall | Oct 28, 2016 | Climate
The fight to protect the Missouri River by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is a fight for justice for all of us. The Native-led movement to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline is the largest show of unity and grassroots power in our history, and a key moment that we cannot...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 28, 2016 | Blog
Wall Street really wants Congress to override both presidential candidates and We the People, and push that Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) through after the election, but before the new President and Congress take office. As Politico's Morning Trade reported...
