Wednesday, May 27, 2015

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Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren Are Powerful Voices for the Left   Hillary Clinton may be the front-runner, but the tandem of Be...
Monday, May 25, 2015

Iowa Working Families Summit Advances Push for Progressive Agenda

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  By Emily Foster Campaign for America's Future May 25, 2015 - While well-heeled conservatives watched Republican presidential...
Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Congressional Progressive Caucus Plays Hard-to-Get with Hillary Clinton

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Keith Ellison (D-MN) of the Congressional Progressive Caucus Many progressives are withholding endorsements in the hopes of pushing her...
Saturday, May 9, 2015

How A Ragtag Group Of Lefties Mainlined Debt-Free College Into The Democratic Primary

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Could Progressive Change Campaign Committee help ignite the youth vote for Democrats? By Sahil Kapur Bloomberg Politics May 8, ...
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Monday, May 4, 2015

Baltimore: Race, Class and Uprisings

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A protester on a bicycle thrusts his fist in the air next to a line of police, in front of a burning CVS drug store, during clashes in Ba...
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Thursday, April 30, 2015

Playing the Rightwing Populism Card

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Enter Scott Walker, Stage Right Thomas B. Edsall Progressive America Rising via New York Times April 29, 2015 - As Scott Walker ...
Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Why Baltimore Is Burning

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By Kevin Powell BK Nation I am from the ghetto. The first 13 years of my life I grew up in the worst slums of Jersey City, New Jer...
Sunday, April 26, 2015

Paul Krugman Demolishes the 'Zombie' Ideas That Have Eaten Republican Brains

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  By Janet Allon Progressive America Rising via AlterNet April 24, 2015 - Paul Krugman has a little fun in his Friday column [3],...
Saturday, April 4, 2015

Guns, Settlers & Race

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Black Panthers made headlines. By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Z Communications Daily Commentary A front page story in the Washington Post st...
Sunday, March 22, 2015

Year-Round, Locally Based Precinct Organizing Is Essential for Moving the Democratic Party (Or Any Other Group) Leftward

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U.S. Senator Dick Durbin and his wife Loretta chat with precinct captain Joe Poelsterl "The most important job I ever had was Prec...
Thursday, March 19, 2015

The Christian Right Still dominates the GOP -- Is There Any End in Sight?

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  By Amanda Marcotte Progressive America Rising via AlterNet March 18, 2015 - In a recent interview on Fox, Christian right write...
Friday, March 6, 2015

The Racialization of Murder

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By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Z Communications Daily Commentary I remain very disturbed by the entire set of circumstances surrounding the mu...
Tuesday, February 24, 2015

'People Are Really Getting Angry': How Bernie Sanders Just Electrified Iowa — And What It Means for 2016

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At an under-the-radar town hall in Des Moines, Sanders had the crowd begging for more. Here's why it matters By Robert Leonard ...
Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Why the Country Needs a Populist Challenger in the Democratic Primaries

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By Robert Borosage Campaign for America's Future Feb. 17, 2010 - Polls show Democrats want a contest, not a coronation, for th...
Monday, February 16, 2015

Moral Mondays’ Barber Says America’s Political System Suffers From a ‘Heart Problem’

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Saturday’s Moral Mondays march once again brought a multicultural crowd of thousands to Raleigh, N.C., protesting budget cuts and voting ...
Tuesday, February 10, 2015

If Voting Means Little, Why Is the Right Working So Hard to Suppress It?

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Selma and Shelby: The Fight for the New South BY JESSE JACKSON Progressive America Rising Feb 10, 2015 - What time is it?  It’s ...
Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Will ISIS Debate Get Us ‘War Without Limits?’

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By Tom Hayden Progressive America Rising The Republican Congress is expected to take up an authorization bill for the war against IS...
Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Greece Proves Populist Movements Can Fight And Win

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By Terrance Heath Campaign for America's Future Jan 27, 2015 - After five years of protests, demonstrations and strikes, Greek...
Monday, January 26, 2015

Uphill Fight: Taking on Finance Capital in Congress

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How Bernie Sanders, In New Role, Could Make Wall Streeters Very, Very Unhappy By Ari Rabin-Havt Progressive America Rising via Am...
Sunday, January 4, 2015

States’ Minimum Wages Rise, Helping Millions of Workers

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Fast-food and health care workers, and supporters, demonstrated in Los Angeles on Dec. 4 in a nationwide rally for higher pay. Robyn...
Monday, December 29, 2014

Black Lives Matter Must Move Beyond Protests — Or Risk Losing the Fight for Racial Justice

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  By Zeeshan Aleem Mic.com Witness the rupture. Once the worry of minorities and leftists, the ease with which a white man with a ba...