Kim Williams

In a new note to her supporters, Will County board member, Rachel Ventura, the progressive running for Congress in IL-11, articulated something that most of the primary candidates we’ve been talking with have been saying.

Data for Progress, Sean McElwee's outfit, has been doing an especially important-- even magnificent-- job this cycle.

Ro Khanna's grandfather was arrested during the Indian independence movement and wound up sharing a British prison cell with Mahatma Gandhi. No doubt, that's from whom Khanna got the moxie to stand up yesterday in front of Congress and make this absolutely incredible speech opposing the NDAA-- which would be better named "the endless War and Corruption bill." I implore you to listen to what Khanna had to say. It's less than 2 minutes but it has enough in it to be worth an hour to every single American.

In the 1920s, conservatives were suspicious of-- and hysterical about-- rural electrification proposals... you know, "Socialism!!!" So President Franklin Roosevelt had to get the ball rolling with an executive order (May 11, 1935). At the time, just 3% of farms and ranches were electrified.

Bernie won the SNL debate but a few hours before the show aired, the Washington Post's Paul Kane asserted that "For almost four months, House Democrats have enjoyed something that once seemed unattainable: relative calm inside their caucus.

It's crucially important to get to know who a candidate is in order to be able to predict what kind of a member of Congress they are likely to be-- not just how they will vote-- but also how they will lead, how competent and effective they will be, etc. Recently, we asked incisive author, labor activist, author and former congressional candidate Jonathan Tasini to spend some time with Central Valley progressive Kim Williams. The resulting interview on the Working Life Podcast (above) offers one of the best opportunities to get to know Williams.

While the impeachment inquiry keeps chugging along in the House, there is also always Congress' regular, less glamorous but important work to get done. Wednesday, for example, California Congressman Mark DeSaulnier introduced a resolution to consider H.R.

I got my first job-- when I was still in high school-- working in a print shop. I started out as a minimum wage worker, making $1.15 an hour. The first time I realized I was, as the president of a division of TimeWarner, making $1,000,000 a year, I was astounded and even confused.

Hillary is being left behind by history-- but embraced by Big PhRMALast week Alexander Burns wasted a New York Times column on Hillary Clinton's opposition to Medicare-for-All.

I did a recent survey of Blue America-endorsed candidates. Most of them have told me they would be happy with either Bernie or Elizabeth Warren. Some preferred Elizabeth and some preferred Bernie but no one said anything about backing Status Quo Joe, Mayo Pete or Kamala.