Tag: progressives
Congresswoman Jayapal misses the mark by saying Biden deserves an ‘A’...
To effectively confront the enormous problems facing our country and world, progressives need to soberly assess everything—good, bad and mixed.
‘This is unacceptable’: Progressives reject Manchin plan to cut $15 minimum...
The $15 minimum wage is overwhelmingly popular with the American people. One person should not be allowed to hold relief hostage.
Will Trump’s mania to slice and dice the right help or...
Whatever the Georgia results, progressives still need more non-stop, grassroots consciousness-raising and many more elected lawmakers everywhere.
‘Yes, exactly,’ say progressives after Pence warns democrats will ‘make rich...
“You have to be all sorts of twisted to think ‘making poor people more comfortable’ is a bad thing.”
What Election Day revealed about progressive policies
Americans are hungry for change, as evidenced by what happened on Election Day.
Why progressives must not give Joe Biden a political honeymoon
Silence or grumbling acquiescence as the Biden presidency takes shape would amount to a political repetition disorder of the sort that ushered in disastrous political results under the Clinton and Obama administrations.
More than just talk: How American progressives are working for change
History teaches that progress takes time, those standing on the sidelines making unrealistic demands and criticizing those doing the work are only slowing it down.
Seeking the progressive leader
Will we cooperate and try to bring Biden and his administration towards our way of thinking, or shall we strike out on a new road towards the social democracy that many of us want?
Bernie Sanders and progressives in our winter of discontent
Bernie Sanders was the catalyst for galvanizing the grassroots progressive power that propelled his 2016 and 2020 presidential campaigns. As this century enters its third decade, the torch needs to be grasped by others to lead the way.
Is the People’s Party moving?
We progressives cannot just sit there. We need to organize, and do it now, in order to be ready for whatever comes our way.
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Winter storm exposes Gaza shelter crisis as UN warns Palestinians left to freeze
As torrential rain floods tent encampments and an 8 month old baby dies of exposure, UN officials and aid groups say Israel’s continued blockade of shelter and supplies is deepening a humanitarian emergency despite ceasefire commitments.
FBI is making an enemies list—and most corporate media didn’t even check it once
The counter-revolution will not be televised.
House vote moves to undo Trump orders stripping union rights from federal workers
A bipartisan majority backed the Protect America’s Workforce Act to reverse what labor leaders call the “single-largest act of union busting in American history,” restoring collective bargaining protections for nearly 1 million federal employees.
We need to know how corporate Democrats made President Trump possible
Scrutinizing them now is vital not only for clarity about the past. It also makes possible a clear focus on ways to prevent further catastrophe.
Senators press Social Security chief over plan to cut field office visits in half
Internal agency documents and a Senate letter raise concerns that a sharp reduction in in-person services could function as a backdoor cut to benefits for millions of Americans.