Author: Isaiah Jerome Lewis Poole
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Bernie Sanders\’ Underappreciated Interview With Ebony Magazine
In the interview Sanders fields questions about the Black Lives Matters protests at his early campaign events and the fact that some blacks feel taken for granted by the Democratic party.
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Evolution or Revolution? Town Hall Clarifies the Choice for Democrats
Monday\’s CNN town hall forum brought into sharper relief the fundamental question that Democratic primary voters face: Do we need a technician to repair our politics or a remodeler who can reimagine and rebuild?
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Six Critical Issues That The Fox Business GOP Debate Missed
We matched our Platform for People and the Planet that the Campaign for America\’s Future helped release last year and a transcript of the GOP debate. Here\’s what we found.
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A New Warning Against Taking Black and Brown Votes For Granted
Steve Phillips challenges Democrats and progressives to stop seeing people of color as \”nuisances who need to be silenced for fear of alienating White swing voters\” and instead as essential to the progressive coalition.
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Nevada\’s Right Wing Could Get Burned Trying to Shut Solar Power Down
\”It\’s going to be a campaign issue,\” says an activist and homeowner who is among those who will be hurt by a Koch brothers-backed push to make home solar power adoption prohibitively expensive.
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MoveOn Political Action Endorses Bernie Sanders
\”This vote was not only decisive, but participation was broad-based, with more ballots cast than any other endorsement vote in MoveOn\’s history,\” says MoveOn\’s executive director.
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Millennials in Poll Fake Right, Go Left
In a poll of people between the ages of 18-29, more identified as conservative on economic policy issues than liberal. But in several areas, majorities sided more with progressives.
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\”Bleeding-Heart,\” Or Just Bloody? The GOP Poverty Show
When you hear the rhetoric from the Jack Kemp Foundation\’s \”Expanding Opportunity\” forum Saturday, it pays to watch what conservatives have done to low-income people, not what they say.
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With Latest Budget Deal, More Failure By Design
Government spending is not out of control. It\’s the negative effects of not spending what we should that are threatening to spiral out of control. For conservatives, there is evil genius in all this.
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A Big Win for Senate Cafeteria Workers
Thanks to the organizing efforts of Good Jobs Nation and other allies, Senate officials signed a new contract with the workers that brings their average pay closer to a living wage.