Apr 6, 2016 | Conservativism, Democrats, Economic Policy, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Foreign Policy, Liberalism, mic, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans
Published: Salon (April 5, 2016) There is one issue in which Donald Trump is much more progressive than Hillary Clinton – and, unless she learns from history and decisively changes the way Americans perceive her positions here, it may wind up costing her the presidency. I’m referring, of course, to American trade policy. Although the last president to oppose free trade was Hebert Hoover (and his...
Mar 21, 2016 | Economic Policy, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Foreign Policy, History, mic
Published: The Huffington Post (March 21, 2016), The Good Men Project (March 17, 2016) Whenever I talk to potential voters who doubt Hillary Clinton (not outright oppose her, mind you, but simply have reservations), I find there are two arguments which are most likely to convince them to develop a more favorable view of her potential presidency. One is the possibility that not turning out to...
Jan 21, 2016 | Class Issues, Economic Policy, mic, Science and Technology
Published: The Daily Dot (January 21, 2016) Calling the recent boom in digital technology, artificial intelligence, robotics, and biotechnology the “fourth industrial revolution,” the World Economic Forum, determined that by 2020—just a few years from now—as many as 7.1 million jobs may be lost in the world’s richest countries through redundancy and automation. In particular, the forum, which is...
Nov 29, 2015 | Class Issues, Economic Policy, History, mic
Published: Alternet (November 29, 2015), Salon (November 27, 2015) If you’re a Democrat (or, for that matter, a progressive of any stripe) the chances are you’ve heard conservatives evoke the founding fathers when dismissing your beliefs on economic issues. The term “socialist” has become such a toxic epithet in our political culture that the two chief candidates for the Democratic presidential...
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 subsequent election. I refer to this trend as “inevitable” because, as a Sanders supporter myself, I’ve heard this sentiment...
Oct 13, 2015 | Class Issues, Economic Policy, Elections - Presidential (2016), mic, 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 the Rebuild America Act, consists of two major parts: A system of Medicare for all and investments in fixing our “crumbling...
Oct 9, 2015 | Class Issues, Economic Policy, mic, 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 change,” they argued. “Simply, a union will give us a voice in our newsroom’s future.” The Huffington Post writers may be making...
Aug 26, 2015 | Class Issues, Economic Policy, Elections - Presidential (2016), mic, Original Source Salon.com, Science and Technology
Aug 11, 2015 | Class Issues, Democrats, Economic Policy, Elections - Presidential (2016), mic, Original Source Salon.com, Political Parties, Republicans
Jul 16, 2015 | Class Issues, Economic Policy, Liberalism, mic, 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 to subsidize broadband for low-income families is such an encouraging step forward in addressing the systemic problems of millions...