The Alternative Progressive Weekly Indy Week (of NC) Endorses Hillary Clinton
(there editorial board was divided 3-2 in HRC's favor: A little background: Indy Week is a member of the Association of Alternative Newsmedia and has a progressive, liberal political perspective. The Columbia Journalism Review has cited the newspaper for its "spine of steel):
...But those critiques often gloss over the many achievements of the Clinton administration—notably, the longest period of economic growth since the Depression—or Hillary's role in pushing her husband's White House leftward in an era that was hostile to lefties. They ignore her longtime advocacy for women's rights and universal health care. They overlook her tenure in the Senate, where she worked across the aisle and mastered "even the most obscure details of New York's problems," as The New York Times opined in 2006. And they brush past her mostly impressive tenure as secretary of state, including her push for the sanctions that led to the Iran nuclear deal. (Libya, where Clinton pushed for an intervention that did not go especially well, is probably the biggest blemish.)
What's more, Clinton has an unrivaled grasp on the nitty-gritty of policy, especially foreign policy. Put simply, she's studied harder for this test than any candidate on either side of the aisle. Just as important: Clinton's resilient. She's endured endless personal criticisms and half-cocked investigations and contrived pseudoscandals—remember the time Republicans "investigated" whether she murdered Vincent Foster?—and lived to tell the tale.
She's admittedly an imperfect candidate. She's not particularly charismatic. Her use of a private email server at the state department was dumb. And she should really release her Goldman Sachs transcripts already.
But beyond those demerits, the thing that stands out about Hillary Clinton is that she's a grinder, a scrapper—a pragmatist who looks to nudge the ball forward and lock in progressive gains. And that's what this election is about: protecting the Affordable Care Act, protecting existing social programs, and filling vacancies on the Supreme Court.
In our view, Clinton is best positioned to both win the White House and, once there, move the needle ever-so-slightly in the right direction.
And, yeah, while we think the world of Bernie, it's about time we had a woman in charge.
http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/your-participation-is-mandatory-the-indys-2016-primary-endorsements/Content?oid=4998377&storyPage=2
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Go, Hillary! We love you! 
