There is a picture in a false sepia hue of a bunch of U Chicago students making 'Os' with their hands at the back of a tiny yellow school bus. We were a small group that signed up for Students for Barack Obama on the campaigns early … [Read more...]

Quick Disclaimer: This is entirely a thought piece tended to provoke debate, not a proposal I am currently suggesting 1st Corrupt Bargain 1824 No majority EC winner led to House vote of Adams over Jackson with Henry Clay throwing his … [Read more...]

An Interview with Matt Taibbi worth reading in full. Bernie is careful to avoid some of the pitfalls that have befallen many of us (myself included) in our last three weeks in the Mirror Universe. No Hillary bashing, no assertions he … [Read more...]

View the original tweetstorm here 1) Recognize that HRC already maximized the anti-racist and anti-sexist vote as far as it will go 2) Ditto the pro-Nato, pro-immigration, pro-civil liberties and pro-BLM vote 3) This coalition will not … [Read more...]

In a press release, Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA-8th) officially announced he was coming on board the Tim Ryan challenge to Nancy Pelosi's leadership. The Boston Democrat said Monday he respects Pelosi, but believes Democrats need to change … [Read more...]

Sanders lost to Clinton who lost to Trump. Both are well admired, well qualified, strongly progressive candidates who lost. Instead of the primary being relitigated constantly, let us concede that both candidates were flawed and both failed … [Read more...]

Noted Sanders critic and long game playing progressive politician Barney Frank has wise words about where the Democrats need to go. The historic party of bread and butter economics should embrace its roots as a populist party and fight … [Read more...]

This is an old joke that summarizes our current political climate: 'An immigrant, a worker and a banker are sitting at the table with 10 cookies. The banker takes 9 and then tells the worker "watch out, the immigrant is going to … [Read more...]

In 1981 Ronald Reagan submitted for head of the National Institute for the Humanities Dr. Mel Bradford, a neoconfederate, George Wallace supporting paleoconservative in the southern agrarian tradition. He compared Lincoln to Goebbels and … [Read more...]

Donald Trump ran a campaign that started with racial attacks and then rode the escalator down. Millions of Americans – African-Americans, Latinos, Muslims, LGBT Americans, women – have every right to be deeply worried. But there are many … [Read more...]