Bernie Sanders is a movement.

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Some commentators see Bernie Sanders' surge as a reflection of Democrats' growing unease with Hillary Clinton. I think that's dead wrong. The surge of enthusiasm for Bernie has nothing to do with Hillary. It's about what Bernie is telling America.

Bernie is talking about the loss of power of the middle class and poor relative to the powerful and privileged at the top. He's explaining why most people are no better off today, and many are worse off, than they were 30 years ago -- even though the U.S. economy is almost twice as large. And he's asking Americans to join together -- not just Democrats but Independents and Republicans as well, not just the middle class but also the poor, not just whites but also blacks and Latinos and Asians -- in order to wrest power away from the top and reclaim our economy and democracy.

Hillary Clinton would make a fine president, infinitely better than any Republican now running. But Hillary Clinton is not a movement. Bernie Sanders is a movement.

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Bernie Sanders surges in new poll, closing gap on Hillary Clinton

In one month, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has cut Hillary Clinton's lead in half, a new Fox News poll shows.

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ROBERT B. REICH, Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley and Senior Fellow at the Blum Center for Developing Economies, was Secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration. Time Magazine named him one of the ten most effective cabinet secretaries of the twentieth century. He has written fourteen books, including the best sellers “Aftershock, “The Work of Nations," and"Beyond Outrage." He is also a founding editor of the American Prospect magazine and chairman of Common Cause. His film, INEQUALITY FOR ALL is available on Netflix, iTunes, Amazon. His new book, "SAVING CAPITALISM: For the Many, Not the Few" is out 9/29. 

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CLINTON SAYS SHE OPPOSES ARCTIC DRILLING ONE DAY AFTER OBAMA APPROVES ARCTIC DRILLING

CLINTON SAYS SHE OPPOSES ARCTIC DRILLING ONE DAY AFTER OBAMA APPROVES ARCTIC DRILLING

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Bernie Sanders, American Socialist

Bernie Sanders, American Socialist

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 05:23 AM PDT

By John Lawrence 

Bernie Sanders has been drawing huge crowds to his rallies. The American media cannot ignore that. But they will never use the S word to describe Bernie even though that is how he describes himself. Bernie represents those who would tax Wall Street to preserve social security and a host of other common sense proposals. He dares to suggest that college should be free rather than the first stage of a life of indentured servitude and indebtedness. People are listening - especially young people. Bernie has been saying these things for years but the media for the most part has been ignoring him. Now he has a bigger megaphone. His decision to run for President in order to get his message out there is paying off. As Bernie himself has said: “the ideas and the points that we are making are reverberating very strongly with the American people.” Whoever would have thought that Bernie Sanders, Socialist, would be reverberating with the American people, the American people who love freedom and think that society should be set up in such a way that everybody has a chance, no matter how small, of getting rich?  [Read more...]

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The Union Label: Making a Comeback, Despite Challenges Posted: 18 Aug 2015 11:18 AM PDT By Doug Porter A Gallop poll released this week says organized labor is making a comeback in the public consciousness. Support for labor unions has jumped five percentage points over the past year, with nearly six in 10 people approving of unions, up from 48% in 2009.   This increase in support comes despite an unrelenting effort by right-wing groups to blame unions for everything from unemployment to inciting class war. There are twin editorials/columns in Tuesday’s Union-Tribunemisrepresenting the truth, casting labor as the evil opponent of  good government and economic prosperity. Today’s column will examine the phenomena driving the resurgence of the contemporary labor movement and the challenges it faces, along with some information on organizing efforts.   [Read more...]

Bernie Sanders, American Socialist Posted: 18 Aug 2015 05:23 AM PDT By John Lawrence Bernie Sanders has been drawing huge crowds to his rallies. The American media cannot ignore that. But they will never use the S word to describe Bernie even though that is how he describes himself. Bernie represents those who would tax Wall Street to preserve social security and a host of other common sense proposals. He dares to suggest that college should be free rather than the first stage of a life of indentured servitude and indebtedness. People are listening - especially young people. Bernie has been saying these things for years but the media for the most part has been ignoring him. Now he has a bigger megaphone. His decision to run for President in order to get his message out there is paying off. As Bernie himself has said: “the ideas and the points that we are making are reverberating very strongly with the American people.” Whoever would have thought that Bernie Sanders, Socialist, would be reverberating with the American people, the American people who love freedom and think that society should be set up in such a way that everybody has a chance, no matter how small, of getting rich?  [Read more...]

The Trump Immigration Plan, Like His Candidacy, Mostly Smoke and Mirrors Posted: 18 Aug 2015 05:22 AM PDT By Richard Riehl / The Riehl World After weeks of generalizations about his positions on the issues, Donald Trump released his first policy paper last weekend, Immigration Reform That Will Make America Great Again. Its three core principles are building a wall that can't be scaled or tunneled under, enforcing current law, and "improving jobs, wages and security for all Americans." It's clear that applies only to citizens. He lists a series of solutions to problems he believes he can solve, citing sources to support them. But following the links provided to those sources reveals the distortions and exaggerations that serve as the smoke and mirrors of his proposal. Here are a few of the more dishonest examples.   [Read more...]

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Hillary Clinton Says Arctic Drilling ‘Not Worth the Risk’

Hillary Clinton Says Arctic Drilling ‘Not Worth the Risk’

Aug 18th, 2015 

by John Donovan. 

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“The Arctic is a unique treasure,” Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton tweeted. “Given what we know, it’s not worth the risk of drilling.” MARIO ANZUONI/REUTERS

(Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Tuesday staked out her opposition to Arctic oil exploration, a day after the Obama administration gave Royal Dutch Shell final approval to drill off Alaska.

“The Arctic is a unique treasure,” Clinton said in a Twitter post. “Given what we know, it’s not worth the risk of drilling.”

On Monday, the Obama administration gave Shell final approval to resume drilling into the oil zone off northern Alaska for the first time since 2012.

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Shell faces huge risks and potential rewards with an Arctic adventure

Shell faces huge risks and potential rewards with an Arctic adventure

Aug 18th, 2015 

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Shell has been given the green light to drill in the Arctic but as well as the opportunity for huge rewards, the inhospitable region brings huge risks

By Ben Marlow: 18 Aug 2015

In James Cameron’s epic science fiction film Avatar, humans travel to the moon Pandora in search of a highly valuable mineral that will help save the Earth from an energy crisis, and ultimately from extinction.

To extract the mineral, the explorers must destroy the lush tropical rainforest that envelopes Pandora, and ultimately the homes of the native Na’vi people.

It’s a sacrifice Parker Selfridge, the greedy head of The Resources Development Administration is willing to make, but ultimately the humans are defeated and sent packing. The name of the mineral they fail to get their hands on? Unobtainium.

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Bernie Sanders surges in new poll, closing gap on Hillary Clinton

Bernie Sanders surges in new poll, closing gap on Hillary Clinton

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In one month, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has cut Hillary Clinton’s lead in half, a new Fox News poll shows. It also marks the first time in the poll that support for Clinton has fallen below 50 percent.

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If You’re Still Asking Whether Bernie Sanders Can Beat Hillary Clinton, See These 5 Charts

If You’re Still Asking Whether Bernie Sanders Can Beat Hillary Clinton, See These 5 Charts

 By Gregory Krieg August 17, 2015

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It is a truth universally acknowledged, as a campaign trail Jane Austen might have written, that a candidate lacking a small fortune early must be destined to want for support later on. Perhaps it is so — one of the more effectiveways to predict winners and losers in election season is to compare the contestants' bankrolls. Fundraising, more than anything else, measurable or not, is the political pundit's North Star.

For Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the money game is scheduled to be a losing one. He does not, like Hillary Clinton, have a super PAC dedicated to collecting unlimited sums of cash and putting them to use on his behalf. Even as Sanders does well with traditional fundraising, Clinton's operation and haul remain light-years ahead. If dollars decide this primary fight, Sanders will finish second- or even third-best.

Those are the caveats. Here is the argument: Sanders and Clinton are a whole lot closer than the conventional wisdom suggests. By definition, a wave is destined to crest and break. But the tides, belonging to an altogether more complicated science, promise new swells to follow the broken ones. The next rush could be considerably stronger, or it could flatten out. Here are five indicators suggesting the political currents are running in Sanders' favor:

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Shell shares slump as it gets green light for Arctic drilling

Shell shares slump as it gets green light for Arctic drilling

Aug 18th, 2015 

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TOM BAWDEN: THE INDEPENDENT: Tuesday 18 August 2015

Shell’s shares slumped today after the US government finally gave it the green light to drill for oil and gas in the Arctic Ocean.

The FTSE 100 oil giant will be able to explore the ocean floor for hydrocarbons for the first time since 2012, when a series of mishaps including the grounding of a drilling rig off the coast of Alaska, ended a costly Arctic programme that has cost $7bn over the past decade and has yet to find a drop of oil.

But despite receiving final clearance by the Obama administration to finally resume drilling, investors were unimpressed, sending the group’s shares down by 14.50p, or 0.81%, to 1,778.50p.

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