He made the announcement at a campaign stop in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. His remarks stressed the importance of defeating Donald Trump, and his similarities with Clinton on universal health care, college affordability, and climate change.
He deserves some credit for pushing her, and the Democratic Party as a whole, to the left on those issues. The announcement came after Clinton reaffirmed her support for a public option in Obamacare and changed her college plan to provide most families tuition-free access to in-state public schools…
…and his representatives on the committee drafting the Democratic platform succeeded in adding planks calling for a $15-an-hour federal minimum wage and carbon pricing.
Sanders's endorsement was expected and inevitable. For all his criticisms of other Democrats as corporate-controlled and beholden to Wall Street, his interests are furthered by Clinton winning, not least because it'd probably mean he gets to chair the Senate Budget Committee.
But his sloth in getting behind Clinton hurt him. Behind the scenes, Democrats in Congress were fuming about his refusal to drop out, diminishing his ability to influence them going forward.
Whatever else can be said for the Sanders campaign, it ignited an interest in mass, left-wing politics of a kind not seen in America since the 1970s or maybe even the 1930s.
The process began on Monday when Angela Eagle, a longtime MP who served in Gordon Brown's Cabinet, announced she would challenge incumbent left-wing leader Jeremy Corbyn, who's been on the ropes since MPs overwhelmingly backed a no confidence motion against him weeks ago.
The no confidence motion itself came after dozens of members of Corbyn's shadow Cabinet resigned. Corbyn has a long history of bashing the European Union on left-wing grounds, and his campaign against Brexit was viewed as weak and halfhearted, infuriating Labour MPs and sparking the resignations. But Corbyn's hard-left proposals like renationaliizing railroads were also angering MPs well before the Brexit vote.
It was an open question whether Corbyn would have to gain the support of 51 MPs to run in the leadership election against Eagle. A ruling that he needed that much support would have effectively doomed his campaign, given how unpopular he is in Parliament.
But on Tuesday, Labour's National Executive Committee (NEC) voted to let Corbyn onto the ballot automatically, setting up a contest between him and Eagle. Other anti-Corbyn MPs, like Wales's Owen Smith, might run too, but there will be pressure to unify behind Eagle as the sole anti-Corbyn contender.
Corbyn is the favorite to win; the most recent polling a few weeks back had him beating Eagle among Labour members, 50 points to 40. If he does win again, Labour will be stuck in a kind of purgatory, with a leader basically no one in the parliamentary party trusts or likes.
The Permanent Court of Arbitration, a tribunal in the Hague meant to settle disputes between countries, ruled in favor of the Philippines in a case regarding the South China Sea.
The ruling, which you can read here, stated that China's claims to sovereignty in the area have no legal basis and that China does not enjoy historic rights over the South China Sea.
China is rejecting the ruling; while it's legally binding, there is no enforcement mechanism, and China is not likely to stop its activities in the South China Sea just because of the ruling.
Those activities include building artificial islands and increasing its naval presence, both for strategic gain and as a way to more readily claim oil and gas resources.
The ruling creates a problem for the Philippines's new populist president, Rodrigo Duterte, who wants to repair ties with China but also fears appearing weak in the wake of a major Filipino victory over the country.
"I return to my desk to see that a hysterically cheerful blue turtle with glazed-over eyes has taken residence in the office. Its ability to vomit large quantities of water at will is astounding, if not outright alarming."
"Under Obama, the average number of police intentionally killed each year has fallen to its lowest level yet — an average of 62 deaths annually through 2015."
"For better or for worse, the Pokémon Go player is a new kind of flâneur—that French literary term for those who stroll city streets with no aim but to observe."
"Brenner’s test confirmed that she had XX chromosomes, and she was given what was commonly called a 'femininity card' to prove she was the gender she claimed to be."
«Краснодар» и московское «Динамо» проведут сегодня первые матчи в Кубке России
Чемпионат по военно-спортивному многоборью среди росгвардейцев завершился в Грозном
В День парашютиста героем рубрики «Знай наших» стал сотрудник вневедомственной охраны столичного главка Росгвардии младший лейтенант полиции Александр С.
Сотрудница подразделения столичного главка Росгвардии завоевала «золото» на чемпионате войск по легкоатлетическому кроссу
