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Convenient Tales About Riches Within Reach
Over the course of her 96 years, Sylvia Bloom pinched pennies into a multi-million-dollar fortune, then gave that fortune away to help others. She deserves credit. The flacks for our wealthy who so loudly salute her thrift and caring, on the other hand, deserve only a Bronx cheer. They’re exploiting Bloom’s remarkable life — and other lives like hers — into a rationalization for the riches of our richest.
Providing a Chance for a Better Way of Life
Paulette Jordan, candidate for governor of Idaho, speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on April 24th, 2018. Jordan, a former member of the Coeur D'Alene Tribal Council, has served in the Idaho Legislature since 2014. I was born and raised on the Coeur...
Progressive Breakfast
Progressives Endorse Candidates in NY, CA Progressive groups endorse Dems in two key House races. The Hill: "Two major national progressive groups have unveiled endorsements for Democratic challengers running in key House races in New York and California. Democracy...
Primary Day: Lessons for Democrats
Pundits should avoid, at all costs, the sin of “premature evaluation.” The May 7 primaries did not send a simple or unambiguous message. One thing remains clear, however: In November, the Democrats’ fate depends largely on turnout. Dems have a good chance of retaking...
Progressive Breakfast
Firms Paid Millions To Access Trump, Fuel Alt-Right Russia-linked company that hired Michael Cohen registered alt-right websites during election. WaPo: "A company at the center of widening questions involving President Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen is listed...
Charter Schools Threaten the Existence of Public Education
Proclaiming May 6-12 National Charter Schools Week, President Trump kicked off a huge public relations campaign by the charter industry to ballyhoo the supposed success of these schools, although that success is a matter of bitter and ongoing dispute. But one outcome...
Progressive Breakfast
Cordray Wins In Ohio Cordray wins Democratic primary for Ohio governor. Bloomberg: "Richard Cordray, the former director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, won the Democratic primary for Ohio governor Tuesday after promising to focus on families’ economic...
The GOP Tax Cuts Are Bad Champagne for Small Business
Mere hours before Congress went into recess last December, Republicans and the high-rollers who bankroll them were popping champagne. Without a single vote from Democrats, they’d finally accomplished with taxes what they failed to do with healthcare: a legislative...
Progressive Breakfast
Trump Wants To Cut Child Health Trump tries to woo conservatives with bid to cut spending. Politico: "The administration had last week planned to send Congress a package of $11 billion in spending reductions. But since then, some conservatives have quietly pushed for...
Small Businesses Tell Us What Works, If We Listen
Imagine a vibrant community with jobs that pay a living wage, hospitals that can meet every community member’s health needs, and 21st-century infrastructure like good public transportation, safe drinking water, and ubiquitous broadband Internet. Sound good? It does to...
