Nov 28, 2015 | Class Issues, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016)
Published: Salon (November 28, 2015), The Daily Dot (November 11, 2015) Earlier this week, the Nation declared its support for an online petition urging President Obama to declare Election Day 2016 a national holiday. In doing so, they have joined forces with...
Nov 12, 2015 | Class Issues, Democrats, Economic Policy, Elections - Presidential (2016), Gender and Sexism, Liberalism, Political Ideologies, Political Parties
Published: Salon (November 12, 2015) The inevitable has finally happened: Bernie Sanders supporters are beginning to openly proclaim that, if Hillary Clinton defeats their champion in the upcoming Democratic presidential primaries, they will not support her in the...
Oct 13, 2015 | Class Issues, Economic Policy, Elections - Presidential (2016), Science and Technology
Published: The Daily Dot (October 13, 2015) On last Sunday’s Meet the Press, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) found himself in a familiar position—namely, defending his $1 trillion economic plan. Sanders’ program, known in the Senate as...
Oct 9, 2015 | Class Issues, Economic Policy, Plutocracy
Published: The Daily Dot (October 9, 2015) On Wednesday morning, Huffington Post employees sent out a letter to their colleagues calling for them to unionize. “We believe organizing is the best way both to preserve what’s already working and to bring about positive...
Aug 26, 2015 | Class Issues, Economic Policy, Elections - Presidential (2016), Salon.com, Science and Technology
Published: Salon (August 26, 2015), The Daily Dot (August 19, 2015) Believe it or not, there is a line that Donald Trump refuses to cross. As he has made clear in debates and speeches, he parts ways with the other Republican candidates over the touchy subject of...
Aug 11, 2015 | Class Issues, Democrats, Economic Policy, Elections - Presidential (2016), Political Parties, Republicans, Salon.com
Published: The Daily Dot (August 11, 2015) If you’re not a Republican, chances are that you already dislike Donald Trump. Indeed, the two most recent polls assessing his support among Democrats and Independents revealed remarkably similar figures about the Donald,...
Jul 16, 2015 | Class Issues, Economic Policy, Liberalism, Political Ideologies, President Obama
Published: Daily Dot (July 16, 2015) If equality of opportunity is to be a reality in this country, we need to recognize that it is impossible for anyone to be competitive in our modern economy without access to the Internet. That’s why President Obama’s new program...
Jul 14, 2015 | Class Issues, Criminal Justice/Prison-Industrial Complex, Race and Racism
Published: Daily Dot (July 14, 2015) As talk show host John Oliver explained in a segment last month, America’s bail bond system discriminates against low-income Americans who can’t afford to make bail. “Jail can do for your actual life what being in a marching band...
Jul 9, 2015 | Class Issues, Education, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Millennials
Published: Daily Dot (July 9, 2015) Although Hillary Clinton has proposed a series of programs for reducing youth unemployment, she has also come under fire on the Internet for staffing her presidential campaign with unpaid interns. In response, Clinton announced on...
Jun 15, 2015 | Class Issues, Economic Policy, Elections - Presidential (2016), Health & Wellness (Physical), Mental Illness, Salon.com
Published: Daily Dot (June 15, 2015), Salon (June 17, 2015) Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) recently introduced the Guaranteed Paid Vacation Act to Congress. If passed, it would require employers with at least 15 workers to provide 10 days of paid vacation to every...