Tag: 2020 election
Fighting words for a New Gilded Age – Democratic candidates are...
Candidate after candidate argued that the problems of the New Gilded Age will only get worse unless the nation restrains corruption and gives Americans a new square deal.
The debates were a mess—but big progressive ideas were on stage
A clear and shared vision among Democrats is the only way to compete against “Make America Great Again.”
New bill will get the labor market running on all cylinders
As 2020 presidential candidates start offering their economic messages, we’ve seen many of them get behind the idea of a job guarantee.
Over two nights, Democrats start building the wall against Trump
Who will rid us of this turbulent fake?
Koch brothers float possibility of backing congressional Democrats in 2020 primaries
Over the last two decades, the Koch network’s major groups – AFP and Freedom Partners – have cumulatively spent about $120 million in independent expenditures supporting Republican candidates or opposing Democratic candidates.
Why Joe Biden was afraid to face California’s Democratic Party
While dodging an overt clash for now, Biden is on a collision course with grassroots Democrats across the country who are learning more about his actual record and don’t like it.
In search of a Green New Foreign Policy
To save ourselves and reduce the United States’ harmful global footprint, we need new thinking, new institutions, and a fundamental reordering of priorities.
Sanders at top of Greenpeace bold climate action scorecard; Biden at...
"Show us you have the mettle to take on the oil executives standing in the way of progress towards the green, prosperous future our country deserves.”
If Democrats want to beat Trump, they better not nominate a...
If the Democrats promote pro-corporate trade policies in 2020, get ready for four more years of Donald Trump gloating at us all from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Burned? Media bias against Bernie Sanders intensifies
Now he just has to wait for most of the media and the American political class to acknowledge and understand his movement, probably a more difficult task.
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Pentagon seeks $200 billion for Iran war as costs surge and Congress pushes back
Lawmakers question the scale, legality, and strategy of a massive funding request as troop deployments expand and the conflict shows signs of escalation.
Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.
Scale raises the ceiling, but fiscal foundations determine whether autocracy or democracy prevails
The implication is stark: democracy is not only a constitutional or ideological arrangement; it is fundamentally a fiscal one.
State Department purge left US exposed as Iran war sent energy prices soaring
Internal layoffs removed the very officials who would have modeled oil supply disruptions, coordinated with Gulf energy partners, and prepared for retaliatory strikes as war with Iran drove gas and crude prices sharply higher.
The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace
Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.