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Progressive Breakfast - 3/6/2012

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: Yes,...

Honoring Justice

On March 1st, I had the honor of speaking at the memorial service for civil rights hero and respected jurist Judge Robert L. Carter. These were my reflections: I had the privilege of serving as Judge Carter’s Law Clerk in 1989. But years before that, I was sure that I...

American Workers The Best Bet

Remember the fear in 2008? Think of the collapse of Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers. Wall Street melting down. Pension savings disappearing. Housing values plunging and foreclosures skyrocketing. Three million workers losing their jobs. It had all the makings of...

Mitt Romney Takes Us Back To The Age of Enron

Mitt Romney, in the latest permutation of his "pander-to-win" campaign strategy, has declared that he wants to take America back to the Age of Enron. Remember Enron? "The Smartest Guys in the Room"? <br /> Mitt Romney, just in time for Super Tuesday, says he...

Health Care Reform Was The Tea Party’s First Defeat

FIGHTING FOR OUR HEALTH Everyone involved in the 2009-2010 crusade for health care reform will want to read this new book by Richard Kirsch, who was on the front lines of the fight as the director of Health Care for America Now (HCAN). Click here to purchase a copy of...

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