Important Victory In The Fight Against Private Prisons
The Justice Department has issued a memo announcing that it would begin the process of “reducing – and ultimately ending – our use of privately operated prisons.”
Author: Isaiah J. Poole
Donald Trump’s Most Racist Speech Ever
Here’s how to play race politics to win white conservative votes: Feign sympathy for black people while vowing to keep them in their place and shut down their talk of systems of institutional racism.
The Racial Wealth Gap Is Getting Worse – And We’re Not Talking About It
A consequence of historic racial and wealth inequality, woven deeply into the fabric of our economic system and our politics, is largely absent from our political discussion in both political parties.
A National Grassroots Network Goes All In To Defeat Trump
The newly formed People’s Action takes up a challenge framed by Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza: to vote for the terrain that will give progressives the best opportunity to win long-term victories.
One Democratic Convention Speech Nailed The Progressive Vision
Rev. William Barber’s speech at the closing night of the Democratic National Convention called on delegates to be “moral defibrillators” for a nation with a “heart problem.” And he electrified the convention.
Meet Some Sanders Delegates Who Plan To Turn Anger Into Positive Action
A group of Bernie Sanders delegates talk in Philadelphia about what they plan to do after the Democratic convention to “keep the Bern,” building progressive power in their communities.
Rev. Jesse Jackson Has Lessons for Progressives in Philadelphia
Using experiences that range from his first political convention in 1968 through his breakthrough 1988 presidential campaign, Rev. Jesse Jackson offers lessons in how to keep the Bernie Sanders “revolution” alive.
Last Chance to Make Corporations Come Clean on Tax Havens
The Securities and Exchange Commission is in the last hours of accepting public comment on a rule that would require corporations to make public more information about their use of overseas tax havens.
Burning Issues: The Occupation of Palestine
Jim Zogby, a member of the Democratic Party platform committee, predicts in this Burning Issues video “another difficult four years” for Palestinians as a result of the platform’s stance on Israel.
Another Day, Another Corporate Merger: It’s Time To Push Back
A merger of two food giants announced Thursday underscores why Sen. Elizabeth Warren has taken on a new crusade against corporate mergers and consolidations, and why that issue is in the Democratic Party platform.