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Pyrrhic Party: The Democratic Establishment’s War on Progressives
By supporting corporate-friendly candidates and policies, Congressional Democratic leaders are be moving closer and closer toward open warfare with their party’s base. There is a real need to raise money, of course. But the party’s leaders have chosen to raise and...
Progressive Breakfast
Teacher Protests Spread To Arizona, Colorado Teacher protests spread to Colorado as Arizona strike begins. NYM: "The strike announced by Arizona teachers last week formally began today with no clear signs of any resolution of their dispute with Republican lawmakers in...
Kentucky Teachers' Walkout Catalyzes More Advocacy
Headlines about teachers' strikes may have moved on from Kentucky and Oklahoma to Arizona and Colorado, but the uprisings these wildcat teachers started have not, according to numerous sources I've spoken with in Louisville – Kentucky's largest school district, with...
Progressive Breakfast
HUD Wants More Rent, Work Rules For Poor Tenants HUD wants low-income families on housing assistance to pay more rent. CNN: "Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson announced Wednesday a proposal that would increase rent payments for more than two million...
Shareholders Join Activists to Say 'Time's Up, Wells Fargo!'
Time’s up, Wells Fargo! It’s time for an end to profits from shady lending, supporting the gun lobby and fossil fuels, trampling the rights of Native communities, unsuspecting borrowers and the environment. I was one of the hundreds of organizers who traveled to Des...
HUD's Carson Offers Tenants Insults, Not Solutions
75 low-and moderate-income tenants and manufactured homeowners repeatedly disrupted Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson at a speech in Las Vegas on Wednesday, asking, “where will we go?" Carson’s response? Instead of offering solutions, he...
Progressive Breakfast
Protesters Challenge Wells Fargo At Shareholders' Meeting Protesters say 'Time Is Up for Wells Fargo's Shady Dealings'. Common Dreams: "At the bank's annual gathering in Des Moines, a coalition of progressive community organizations demanded divestment from fossil...
How to Build a Progressive Populist Movement From the Ground Up
Can a progressive populist movement be built in the rural areas and small towns that Donald Trump dominated in 2016? On Tuesday, People’s Action – one of the largest multiracial, people’s organizations in the country with 48 member organizations in 30 states –...
Democrats Who Vote For Pompeo Will Disgrace Themselves and Their Party
Imagine a nominee for Secretary of State who is so bigoted that he once accused Christian organizations and houses of worship of remaining silent about crimes committed in the name of Christianity by groups like the far-right Army of God or the Ugandan Lord’s...
Progressive Breakfast
Dems Hope For Win In AZ Special Election Democrats Hope For Another Upset in Arizona. The Atlantic: "Democrats’ recent winning streak in special elections might be coming to an end with Tuesday’s contest in Arizona’s 8th congressional district. But the party still...
