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MLK March To Labor Day

Last weekend was the anniversary of Martin Luther King's March on Washington For Jobs and Freedom, and Labor Day is next weekend. Last weekend Glenn Beck tried to hijack the MLK march anniversary in the name of the far right and their tea party noisemakers, but we...

Starving The SEC Won't Fix Wall Street

Ezra Klein has a pretty silly post up about the Wall Street regulation bill and the SEC's funding. He argues that since the SEC failed miserably in the years leading up to the crisis, it's absurd to see them getting more funding in its aftermath. Like bloated banks,...

The August Day Plutocracy Would Love Us to Forget

Today marks the 100th anniversary of what may be the most ‘radical speech’ an American ex-President has ever delivered. The words of that former President, Theodore Roosevelt, still ring incredibly true today. By Sam Pizzigati and Chuck Collins Ex-Presidents almost...

The Real Bait and Switch on Social Security

The Wall Street Journal assails President Obama for "bait and switch on Social Security," because he's criticizing Republican plans to privatize Social Security, which the Journal says don't exist. The editorial then goes on to call for cutting benefits to "strengthen...

Progressive Breakfast - 8/31/2010

Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to affect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. Sack Simpson Calls Don't Stop WH...

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