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.
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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.
A Sad And Shameful Day For Puerto Rico
Financial legislation passed by Congress solidifies what one Puerto Rican leader calls an “experiment in extreme capitalism” – one that is already having extreme consequences on the people who live on the island.
A Chain Serves Good Pizza “&” Support for D.C.’s Fight for $15 Victory
Michael Lastoria has made his &pizza restaurant chain a champion of the $15 minimum wage, and has made one of his restaurants the site for the signing of a historic $15 minimum wage law in Washington, D.C.
Challenge to Media: Talk to People In Paul Ryan’s District About Poverty
At TalkPoverty.org, a video and story that national mainstream media isn’t writing about the disconnect between the right-wing nostrums the House speaker is peddling and what the low-income people in Ryan’s district actually need.
President Obama Finally Gets It Right On Expanding Social Security
President Obama on Wednesday did a remarkable 180-degree turn on Social Security, and for the first time we can claim the president as an ally on expanding, not cutting, the program.