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Progressive Breakfast - 3/28/2012

Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. MORNING MESSAGE: Vote For The...

The Court and the Mandate Let the Left Be Left Again

The world's been turned upside down by the Supreme Court hearings on the individual insurance mandate. Left is right, right is wrong, and the future is uncertain. There are only two approaches to health care that we know are constitutional: a European-style...

Maria Leavey Tribute Nominations Due By April 2

The other day I asked, Do You Know An Unsung Progressive Hero? Maria Leavey Tribute Nominations Are Now Open! April 2 is the deadline for nominations. And while I'm on the subject, the award is presented during the "Take Back the American Dream" conference which will...

Should Be Made In America!

We need to rebuild our country, and we need to do it with steel and supplies that are made in America. It actually costs taxpayers more to "save money" by outsourcing then it saves because of the "safety net" costs from lost jobs and factories. A new campaign...

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