The European Parliamentary Elections were supposed to be about the collapse of the center to the emerging far right populist parties. While this happened in some countries (LePen outpolling Macron in France, the Brexit Party beating the … [Read more...]

Unity in essentials, diversity in non-essentials, charity in disagreement. I became familiar with this quote when I joined a friendly debating society after I graduated from college. The key modifier there is friendly. I have always … [Read more...]

Peter Beinart has a worthy piece in the Atlantic about Democrats too often echoing incorrect talking points on the danger of Iran. On the one hand, none of them are endorsing war and they are all supporting steps to stop President Trump … [Read more...]

Gov. Jay Inslee (also running for president) just signed the first state level public option into law. It reminds us that states remain places where progressive policies can actually be implemented. It is also a good road map for something … [Read more...]

Full disclosure I am a proud urban teacher and MTA member Join these fine Patriots and call your state reps and senators to fully and fairly fund Massachusetts schools. Urban districts like mine are the front lines of securing our … [Read more...]

Less than a year and a half from now, Americans will be going to the polls to select the next president. The first primaries are now “only” eight months away and the first debate is a month from now. So what do I make of the race so far? … [Read more...]

I just discovered DataforProgress today when comparing housing plans between Warren, Booker, and Harris (who all get plaudits for having a housing plan-every Democrat running for president should!). It's an awesome website with a lot of … [Read more...]

Joe Biden is officially the 21st candidate to enter the Democratic primary depending on the count (Gravel and Williamson are often excluded but sometimes included). I like Joe for his blue collar appeal, but I also agree with Bernie and … [Read more...]

Krugman had a good piece today that we need to get smarter about our litmus tests. His central thesis is that there are many pathways to get to universal health coverage and we should not single out single payer as the only validly … [Read more...]