I’ve been writing and commenting on the new economy for the better part of the last six years. Continue reading Precariat: a new social class in America’s new normal | #Economics on Blog#42
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Blog#42: in-depth analysis of Hillary Clinton’s economic speech
Hillary Clinton gave her long-awaited economic speech this week. Continue reading Blog#42: in-depth analysis of Hillary Clinton’s economic speech
Parallels Americans should draw from Greece | Economics on Blog#42
Paul Krugman’s post in reaction to the Greek referendum Continue reading Parallels Americans should draw from Greece | Economics on Blog#42
Hillary Clinton and Joseph Stiglitz’ rewriting of economic rules | Blog#42
Paul Krugman’s Derp op-ed didn’t materialize out of nowhere and, while it may have sprung from its author’s inner diva, Continue reading Hillary Clinton and Joseph Stiglitz’ rewriting of economic rules | Blog#42
UPDATED: #JustusHowell, 17, shot in the back in Zion, Illinois | #BlackLivesMatter
Black Illinois Teen Killed By Police Was Shot In Back | Reuters | April 6, 2015
A black teenager killed by police outside of Chicago over the weekend was shot twice in the back after attempting to steal an illegal handgun, officials and local media said on Monday. Continue reading UPDATED: #JustusHowell, 17, shot in the back in Zion, Illinois | #BlackLivesMatter
Dear @MotherJones: Patti Murray is not a Progressive – replacing #HarryReid
Dear Patrick Caldwell,
While I would much prefer to see Senator Warren run for president, she would be best placed to replace Harry Reid, and she would set the progressive tone voters want and keep her fellow Democrats in line. Continue reading Dear @MotherJones: Patti Murray is not a Progressive – replacing #HarryReid
I am not ready for Hillary. Am I still a feminist? | Analysis
It feels as if the 2016 Democratic primary was settled in 2008. Whatever else is assumed about the coming election, the one thing everyone imagines is that the Democrats’ candidate will be a woman. Continue reading I am not ready for Hillary. Am I still a feminist? | Analysis
.@DailyKos: New DSCC chair Jon Tester doesn’t like or think like his party…
By Kos
November 14, 2014
Montana Sen. Jon Tester is a testament to the pragmatism that infuses the netroots—a conservative Democrat who was eminently electable in light-Red Montana. Today, however, he was chosen for a task broader than his corner of America—heading up the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
Senate Democrats are looking at a fantastic 2016—with presidential-year turnout demographics and a map that might put 10 or more Republican seats in play. Yet the extent of our gains will depend in huge part on our ability to turn out our base, and nothing in Tester’s history suggests he has what it takes to inspire that broader participation. Continue reading .@DailyKos: New DSCC chair Jon Tester doesn’t like or think like his party…
Senator Claire McCaskill and Post-Election 2014 Democrats
Blogger’s note:
Whenever I’ve written about Claire McCaskill, I’ve always described her as a neoliberal. The purpose of her posturing on today’s Face the Nation is a reminder to her base of mostly white conservative liberals or ex-moderate Republicans, not to lump her in with a possibly rising progressive tide in the Senate. Continue reading Senator Claire McCaskill and Post-Election 2014 Democrats
Restoring our Democracy: Calling the NAACP and MoralMondays
Now that Election 2014 is over and we await whatever happens next in the Democratic camp, progressives need to step up efforts to take their rightful place at the helm of the party.
It is clear that voter disengagement was more a function of the unwillingness to keep voting in the status quo, than it was the abandonment of the Democratic party. It should be taken as a warning to Democrats that the party, as it is now, not only stopped reflecting the popular view, but has also allowed itself to be dragged into the Republicans’ dangerous race politics. Continue reading Restoring our Democracy: Calling the NAACP and MoralMondays