The fight is on to buck the establishment and ensure the next President of the United States is of, by, and for We The People.
Essentially, it boils down to one thing: Despite the fix being in among Democratic elites and the mainstream media…
Dozens of Nashvillians of all stripes -- enthusiastic students, seasoned radicals, Democrats, and Independents -- came together at OZ Arts in Music City Friday evening to participate in a grand USian tradition. We peacefully stood outside the site of the Tennessee Democratic Party's…
We've talked about it before, so consider this a reminder and another invitation to join Tennessee For Bernie Sanders and other interested groups and individuals to send a message to the Democratic National Committee. Its chair, US Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), is…
I am still on a high following last night's Nashville stop of the Bernie Sanders campaign's Tennessee State Volunteer Tour. Nearly 300 people from across the Metro area were on hand at the United Auto Workers Hall to meet with Bernie 2016 staffers…
MoveOn has an urgent alert for activists that brings to mind Martin Niemöller.
Since the US Supreme Court's galling 2013 gutting of the Voting Rights Act, a number of states -- including Tennessee -- immediately leaped to impose Voter ID laws, gerrymandering, and other vile…
The great man is not making a Music City stop just yet, but his national campaign organizers make an appearance in Nashville Thursday, Oct. 22. And the following day, supporters will converge at a Democratic National Committee Nashville event.
Tennessee 4 Bernie announced this weekend…
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The crowd at the Oct. 13 Democratic debate party held at East Nashville's Lipstick Lounge whooped and cheered for Bernie Sanders' performance. (Organizer Lori, pictured at right, was among the Berners. She did a super job!) I think Bernie did a…
Despite marriage equality being the law of the land, right-wing presidential candidate Rand Paul still wants LGBT people to hide in closets.
Members of the inclusive gay community may be able to marry throughout the US, but in 31 states, they still can be fired…
Jim Hightower
Progressive pundit Jim Hightower makes the case for presidential candidate Bernie Sanders in many of his Hightower Lowdown web and radio commentaries. And he brings up an excellent point: While the billionaire Koch Brothers and their deep-pocketed cronies spend upwards of a billion…
You're going to watch the Democratic presidential campaign tonight, right? It starts in about 90 minutes! Pacifist activism group Code Pink for Peace has some information it would like you to have in mind as you see the five-way semantic battle between Chaffee,…