Tag: Election 2016
From The Ashes Of Bernie Sanders’ Campaign Rises An Army Of...
Meet the young progressives who have vowed to take Sanders' political revolution local.
Trump’s ‘Trust Me’ Political Religion Parlays Revivalist-style Flimflam with McCarthyite Scapegoating,...
Whether the result of calculation or a career of selling, Trump’s attention-grabbing package of dark and light explains how his national prominence surpassed an array of very talented evangelical crooks, most obscuring years of false prophesy, monetary or sexual hypocrisy.
People’s Summit Attendees Leave Determined To Keep “The Bern” Alive
We have not won the White House – yet. But have we won something much bigger?
How Bernie Won California: The Official Un-Count
If all votes were created equal and actually tallied, the Golden State would most likely be in Bernie’s pocked.
Bernie Sanders’ Leverage Isn’t Going Anywhere. Deal With It.
We're talking to the representative of a movement, one that could decide the fate of this election and the future of their party.
Con vs. Con
The remainder of the presidential campaign will be characterized by an attempt among liberals to discredit third-party and popular movements. Yet our only hope for change will come by breaking free from the tyranny of the two corporate parties.
A Big Idea for Hillary
The best way to ensure everyday Americans get a fair deal is to make our democracy work again.
Trump, His Virus and the Dark Age of Unreason
He's the latest in a long line of American demagogues but has come closest to the White House. That makes him the most dangerous of them all.
Donald Trump’s Big Money Bait-and-Switch
Presumptive GOP nominee embracing super PACs, megadonors he once decried.
Bernie Thanks Supporters While Vowing to Continue Political Revolution
Bernie Sanders isn't going anywhere.
POPULAR
ICE at the gates: Rights groups warn Trump airport deployment risks civil liberties crisis
Civil liberties advocates, unions, and lawmakers raise alarm over use of immigration agents in airport security amid shutdown-driven staffing crisis.
California’s herbicide spill ignites growing movement to ban paraquat nationwide
The spill, which closed a major highway and sent at least ten people to seek medical attention for respiratory symptoms, became a catalyst for a renewed political battle over the chemical's future in California.
Why Donald Trump just can’t stop going to war
When imperial America offers help, it just might get you killed.
The Age of Arrogant Amateurism – as ‘know-it-all’ opportunists seize power to control, not...
To win big in this brave new world, forget tested skill-sets and the wisdom of experience: chutzpah and risk-taking, even gambling, are paramount, then the facile ability to learn on the job how to cling to power.
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.