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Getting Granular on America’s Income Distribution
A Congressional Budget Office report once again reveals a rich outpacing — by a wide margin — everyone else.
Progressive Breakfast
VA Chief Fired For Opposing Privatization Shulkin: Privatizing the V.A. Will Hurt Veterans. NYT: "The department has become entangled in a brutal power struggle, with some political appointees choosing to promote their agendas instead of what’s best for veterans....
Democrats Can Win if They Lead on Education
While progressives lament their recent failure in an Illinois primary to knock out Dan Lipinski – a conservative, anti-abortion, Congressional Democrat who voted against the Affordable Care Act – they mostly fail to note where and how they won elsewhere in the state....
Progressive Breakfast
States Sue Over Citizenship Test At least twelve states to sue Trump over Census citizenship question. NYT: "At least 12 states signaled Tuesday that they would sue to block the Trump administration from adding a question about citizenship to the 2020 census, arguing...
Hunting Payday Sharks in East Nashville
In the Paleozoic Era, Tennessee was covered by a warm, shallow sea, filled with sharks. The waters receded millions of years ago, but sharks still linger in our state, ready to sink their teeth into your wallet. These modern-day apex predators are called “payday...
Progressive Breakfast
Outrage Over Killing Of Unarmed Sacramento Man Grows As outrage over Stephon Clark's killing grows, his grandmother asks: 'Why? Why?'. LA Times: "Sacramento officers searching the neighborhood for a reported vandal encountered Thomas' grandson Stephon Clark, who lived...
After Years of Failed 'Choice,' Philadelphia Gets Its Schools Back
Despite the strong marketing for "school choice" by politicians and U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, communities that know firsthand what it's like to have lots of "options," like charter schools and vouchers, have found what's more important is to have a...
Pete Peterson's Ghost
Peter G. “Pete” Peterson, the billionaire businessman and anti-government crusader, died last week at the age of 91. He leaves behind family and friends who will miss him, and a vast coterie of consultants and politicians who may miss his checks even more. They can...
Progressive Breakfast
Next Steps In Movement Against Gun Violence Thousands of students staged a walkout and marched across the U.S. What's next?. USA Today: "The student-led movement forged in Parkland, Fla., after the high school shooting that took 17 lives is remarkable, organized and...
This Is What Makes John Bolton so Dangerous
John Bolton has poor judgement, a mean spirit, and an intellect that’s weaker than he thinks. He spreads ethnic hatred and sends others to fight and die. If he becomes National Security Advisor to Donald "The Unready” Trump, he is more likely than ever to cause tragedy and death, on a scale we can’t yet imagine.
