"There are, in fact, an impressive number of people who could legitimately fill those jobs and question the dominant perspective on foreign policy and national security."
The heroes of this election victory are the thousands of grassroots political activists who busted their butts to defeat Trump by working for Biden, particularly in the key battleground states. Now we need to focus on Georgia and two Senate seats.
As Trump leaves office, there’s an opportunity for social movements on both sides of the U.S-Mexico border to collaborate and retool their binational relationship.
Vilsack held the post under Obama, and critics say he was too close to Big Ag.
The Native American congresswoman from New Mexico has worked across the aisle and is backed by environmentalists.
The incoming administration is owed no deference when it picks corporate insiders. One complicating factor is that nominees like Tanden and Austin are preferable to some of the alternative names being floated for their positions.
Owing to the erosion of the credibility of globalization and neoliberalism, the return to orthodox centrism is not likely to hold. It will serve as a short-lived interregnum amidst deepening polarization. Now is the time for the left to act.
‘Diplomacy, not murder, is the best path forward,’ said Bernie Sanders. Here’s how to make that happen.
Joe Biden must be bold if he wants to truly build back, let alone build back better. The authors spoke to leading movement organizers and thinkers across the United States and asked: What does it truly mean to build back better?
Biden has, at times, seemed sympathetic to Republican arguments to increase the age of retirement as a way to keep Social Security solvent and to modify how benefits are calculated adjusting for inflation -- maybe resulting in lower benefits.
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