Democrats have actually decided that the smart thing to do is just kiss-off entire swaths of the country--especially the farm counties and factory towns of rural America. Read more...
Who were the robber barons? The originals, I mean. They were a class of minor lords in feudal Germany who’d... Read more...
We’re trying something new here at the Lowdown! We’ve been having a blast with our live talk show, so we’re... Read more...
Urgent alert to top Dem party poohbahs: Too many would-be Democratic voters are disillusioned by your tone-deaf, wishy-washy incrementalism! On... Read more...
It’s not the people who’ve “gone conservative,” it’s the Democratic establishment. Too many progressive organizations, especially larger Washington-based groups, have been too willing for too long to follow what in essence is the party’s business-as-usual corporate hierarchy. Read more...
Sometimes, when watching Congress in action, I can’t decide whether to laugh, cry, or check myself into an insane asylum.... Read more...
Here they come again – That gaggle of Washington politicos and pundits who keep assailing Joe Biden’s package of FDRish... Read more...
Time flies when you're having fun, so those of us who merrily pull together this little newsletter each month were surprised recently when it dawned on us that--Holy Moly!--we've reached a milestone of populist pamphleteering: The 20th anniversary of The Lowdown. This retrospective issue is meant to be a contemplation on the progressive movement itself--what it's up against and how far it has progressed in these two decades. Read more...
Most voters want BIG populist changes in government policy that will lift up average Americans and hold down corporate greed and abuse. One major proposal to do just that is the 11-point Economic Agenda for America's Future drafted by a broad coalition of some 80 progressive thinkers and doers. This document is both a to-do list for restoring economic democracy and a rallying cry to move today's burgeoning democratic movement from mere resistance to insistence on a bold, percolate-up alternative to Republican/Democratic trickle-down economics. Read more...
The professional political observers are so fixated on the minutia of Washington-centric politics that they're missing the much bigger story of transformative political changes that have erupted in every region of the country. Read more...
A majority of the public almost always blesses new presidents with a honeymoon gift. In a gesture of patriotic fairness,... Read more...
What an amazing Democratic primary season it’s been, including this happy result: WE WON! “We” being the millions of young... Read more...