Takeaways from the Election
2016 Election: Has our country gone completely nuts? No. There’s some good news. Buckle-up friends, it’s going to be a hairy ride. Start with Day One for President Trump (gotta get used to saying that). … Read more
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You Say the Practical Bernie Sanders Let You Down? You Let the Movement Down.
If you won’t support Bernie Sanders now, you never really got him in the first place. Bernie Sanders is, and has always been, a true progressive. He’s ALSO a very practical and smart political strategist, … Read more
Cleaning Up After Pundits
Cleaning off the horsestuff that careless politicos dump on the word “populist.” Being a muckracking political writer often makes me feel like a custodian in a horse barn, constantly shoveling manure. It’s a messy, stinky … Read more
How to Make a Political Platform Progressive
Fresh from working on the Democratic national platform committee, Jim Hightower reports. An old cowboy aphorism offers this advice: “Speak the truth. But ride a fast horse.” I relived this truism last weekend in Orlando, … Read more
Take the Movement to the White House
“We need a movement which tells Wall Street that when a bank is too big to fail, it is too big to exist.” — Sen. Bernie Sanders At a recent dinner with my work team, … Read more
An Exciting Democracy Movement Arises in Chicago
The “Reclaim Chicago” coalition challenges the status quo Chicago! City of broad shoulders. Plutocratic hog butcher. Toolmaker for progressive change. Stacker of the wheat of grassroots power, wheat separated from the chaff of corporate politicians. … Read more