Cut checks into the hands of people now. Bailout small and medium businesses with one string attached: keep payroll going. It’s asinine that neither of these provisions were included in the last stimulus. We will need a second round and it … [Read more...]

Reading a timely book on Churchill’s leadership during the Blitz. Some qualities of leadership he demonstrated included honesty, thinking ahead, and asking for help. His speeches were always based on facts. When they were losing the war, he … [Read more...]

Dan Lipinski lost the IL-3rd congressional primary to business consultant and non-profit executive Marie Newman. Despite gaining the support of the DCCC, which unjustly froze out experienced consultants from helping Newman, Newman won with … [Read more...]

There’s an instructive NY Times article on the amount of potential emissions reductions we may see in the weeks and months ahead of this global slowdown. Obviously, nobody wanted this virus which is easily communicable and deadly for … [Read more...]

You do not need to like or agree with Hillary Clinton to recognize she would be handling this crisis a thousand times better than Donald Trump. Frankly the same can be said of Joe Biden. Competence and experience are not entertaining or … [Read more...]

Jamelle Bouie is one of our best progressive commentators and a persuasive Sanders supporter. Today he makes a case for why progressives can unite behind Biden and push him to the left: There’s every chance for the progressive left to … [Read more...]

As I said in the other thread, there are a lot of takeaways we need to consider from the Super Tuesday results in our own backyard. Let's keep the primary out of this for now and use this as a space for local action. Key takeaways … [Read more...]

A lot can be said about why Biden won both Massachusetts and Super Tuesday overall, but I think these are a few points worth considering. 1) White progressive candidates failed to engage black voters Rene Graham at the Globe and … [Read more...]

Obviously Nate Silver is imperfect, but his new Super Tuesday scenarios are worth looking at regardless of who you support. The Three Super Tuesday Scenarios are 1) Biden wins big (10% or more over Bernie), 2) Biden wins narrowly (under 10% … [Read more...]