The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement is a continuation of other disastrous trade agreements, like NAFTA, CAFTA, and permanent normal trade relations with China.

Defy the pundits again and reach for a high voter turnout that'll shock the establishment.

You need a Democratic Party which is a grassroots party, which makes decisions from the bottom on up, not just from the top on down.

The TPP is another corporate-backed agreement that is the latest in a series of trade policies which have cost us millions of decent-paying jobs, pushed down wages for American workers and led to the decline of our middle class. We want American companies to create decent-paying jobs in America, not just low-wage countries like Vietnam, Malaysia or China. The TPP must be defeated.

Planned Parenthood and Human Rights Campaign are standing up and fighting the important fights that have to be fought.

Who do you think controls the Republican Party? Big money controls the Republican Party. This is where their campaign contributions come from.

The struggle to create a nation and world of economic and social justice and environmental sanity is not an easy one. The struggle to try and create a more peaceful world will be extremely difficult. But this I know: despair is not an option if we care about our kids and grandchildren. Giving up is not an option if we want to prevent irreparable harm to our planet.