Tag: Election 2016
Without empathy for Trump voters, movements can’t succeed
With humility comes the chance to scale up our campaigning and take the next step in the living revolution.
Modest wins for minimum wage, huge gains for marijuana legalization amid...
It was an otherwise bright spot for left-leaning voters, on a night punctuated by shocking Republican gains.
It’s worse than you think
We face the most profound crisis in human history. Our response is to elect a man to the presidency who does not believe in climate change.
Add November 9th to the mornings I’d rather forget
In the hours after Trump declared victory, some signs of hope and resistance.
“Not My President”: Tens of Thousands Take to Streets, Block Freeways...
Protests are taking place across the country to show discontent for the recent election of Donald Trump. Here are some of the voices from the protest in New York.
People magazine pivots from sexual assault allegations, publishes ‘glam’ cover on...
Change has come to America (again).
Takeaways from the election
Trump is in the White House, but the takeaway from voters in this election is a mandate for progressive economic populism and more diversity among public officials.
Why we need a new Democratic Party
Americans know a takeover has occurred, and they blame the establishment for it.
For the Trump Era: Fight not Flight
Only with eyes wide open do we have a real chance to understand clearly and organize effectively against the Trump regime.
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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.
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.
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.
The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace
Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.
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.