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My Union or My President? Dueling Loyalties Mark Pennsylvania Race
PITTSBURGH — If Conor Lamb scores a stunning upset in the special congressional election on Tuesday deep in Trump country in southwest Pennsylvania, he is clear about who should get the credit.<p>“You’ve been the heart and soul of this campaign,” Mr. Lamb told a rally of union steelworkers at their …
PoliticsBuilding tension at Hudson Yards
A power struggle at the largest private development in the U.S. marks a turning point in the city's construction industry<p>One construction worker is …
Let’s have a good-faith argument about socialism
Last week, I wrote a column arguing that liberals concerned about ongoing failures in the American experiment should consider socialist remedies. I knew there would be quite a bit of disagreement. And I knew that most — though, crucially, not <i>all</i> — of it would unfold in bad faith.<p>What is bad faith? …
OpinionBernie Sanders defends ‘smart and compassionate’ Maxine Waters after Trump attack
Sen. Bernie SandersBernard (Bernie) SandersDems ponder gender politics of 2020 nominee 2020 Dem contenders travel to key primary states After Florida …
Donald TrumpKeller @ Large: President of Mass. AFL-CIO Says Union Popularity Is Up
BOSTON (CBS) — A few times a year Jon Keller likes to check in what is going on with the labor movement.<p>A recent case (Janus v. AFSCME) that went …
Bernie Sanders Visits Dodgers Camp, Mentors Yasiel Puig
Yasiel Puig was not one of the 37 players to hit 30 or more home runs last season, but 30 is probably a lock for the mercurial outfielder after he …
Bernie SandersBernie Sanders Visits Dodgers At Spring Training
posted by Josh Criswell -<p>23 minutes ago<p>Former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders grew up a Dodgers fan before the team moved from Brooklyn to LA. …
Bernie SandersJovanka Beckles Hopes to Take ‘Corporate Money Free’ Message to State Assembly
Richmond Vice Mayor Jovanka Beckles was part of the progressive shift in Richmond’s political power over the last decade.
Bernie SandersProgressives Fight Democratic Establishment to Join Bernie Sanders in Senate
Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks about health care on Capitol Hill, June 26, 2017, in Washington, DC. (Photo: Drew Angerer / Getty Images)<p>The Democratic …
Liberal ViewDemocrats’ plan for infrastructure improvements a winner for the US
President Donald Trump was right about the need to rebuild and update the nation’s infrastructure. But now, Democrats have one-upped him in figuring …
Charles SchumerTrump's worst enemy strikes again | Reagan
Democrats have no candidates, no ideas, no plan. All they have is you - to be against - and you help them every day.
Ronald ReaganU.S. Rep.'s pricey-party crashers deserved better | Opinion
The political interests of the middle class are vastly different from those with the means to put down $30,000 per couple for a private dinner and …
Tom MacArthurDon Franzen Talks with Adam Winkler on the Corporate Civil Rights Movement
<i>ADAM WINKLER, professor at UCLA School of Law and author of</i> We the Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights<i>, talks to</i> LARB <i>Legal</i> …
BooksDemocratic grassroots strength to face test in 2018 midterms
Lara Taylor credits the election of Donald Trump as the spark that got her fired up about politics.<p>The adjunct college professor and mother of three …
Democratic PartyDONALD THE DESTRUCTIVE DECENCY-DENYING DEMOCRAT
“It has largely slipped under the radar screens of partisan hatred in Washington,” observes the <i>National Review</i>’s Michael Tanner, “but has anyone …
Trans-Pacific PartnershipBernie Sanders Will Not be Endorsing Senator Dianne Feinstein
Bernie Sanders declared that he will not be endorsing Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a Democrat, ahead of her primary in California. The Vermont Senator made …
Offbeat NewsThe Democratic Party Is Moving Left – Except When You’re Not Looking
The Democratic Party’s left wing is stronger today than at any time since the “silent majority” loudly rejected George McGovern. Team Blue’s top …
Democratic PartyDems pledge to reduce 'perceived influence' of superdelegates
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) voted Saturday to acknowledge a need to reduce the influence of so-called "superdelegates" in the …
GovernmentBernie Sanders Just Said 'Texas Can Go Blue' in 2018 — But Look at the Primaries...Yikes
While talking with CNN's Jake Tapper at the annual South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said it is possible for …
Bernie SandersDid You Hear the One About the Party That Self-Destructed?
The United States is no longer a Democracy, it's an oligarchy.<p>The Democratic National Committee is meeting in Washington, DC this week, and one of …
Liberal ViewBernie Sanders stirs Texas crowd, is he running for something?
<b>It's like the presidential campaign never ended. And that may be just the way Bernie Sanders, with an eye towards elections to come, wants it.</b><p>On a cloudy day in central Texas, the former candidate for the 2016 Democratic nomination - the dishevelled septuagenarian who gave Hillary Clinton a scare …
WorldBernie Sanders in Phoenix: Senator encourages supporters to fight for change, riles opponents
Bernie Sanders returned to Arizona on Sunday, highlighting the delayed successes his 2016 presidential run secured for the Democratic Party and …
Bernie SandersPleas to Democrats: Don’t Mess Up
<b>To the Editor:</b><p>Re “Democrats Face Primary Shove From New Left” (front page, March 5):<p>In this midterm election year, the Democratic Party is again poised — pardon the cliché — to snatch humiliating defeat from the jaws of certain victory. The Democrats persist in their quixotic attempt to woo those …
OpinionThe Empty Piety of the American Press
The press, giddy with its newfound sense of mission and purpose, is carrying out a moral crusade against Donald Trump. The airwaves and print have …
Liberal ViewTrump Won Ohio Handily. Populist Democrats Want to Win It Back.
LORAIN, Ohio — President Trump’s decree placing punitive tariffs on foreign steel raised an outcry in Washington: Republican leaders in Congress warned darkly of a market-rattling trade war. Many Democrats echoed their discomfort, saying Mr. Trump’s broad edict threatened global commerce.<p>But …
Richard CordrayDemocrats Release Their Tax Plans If They Win Congress, and It's Worse Than You Think
The tax reform engineered by the GOP and President Donald Trump has been a great boon for the economy, for businesses and for individuals. In …
New York TimesUnions attack work laws with biggest ad campaign in decade
The latest advertisements highlight workers struggling with bills and insecure work. They attack big business.<p>In one, a teary woman who appears to be …
Wall Street is bearish on Trump (again)
Trump and his Wall Street coevals are like a bad Taylor Swift romance — and they called it off again last night<p>It is a truth universally acknowledged that a politician who desires the presidency must be in want of the good graces of Wall Street. Jane Austen would surely appreciate the fickle …
Donald TrumpHousing market discriminates against elderly, middle class
I recently read an article about housing prices on the rise and how this was a good thing. A couple of days later I read a piece about the increasing …
HousingAhead of midterms, Bernie Sanders addresses fired-up crowd in downtown Phoenix
In the Orpheum Theater in downtown Phoenix, thousands of people cheered on Senator Bernie Sanders as he took the podium at his rally.<p>The Vermont Independent pushed a progressive platform on immigration, health care and income inequality.<p>“We want an agenda that represents working families,” Sanders …
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