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False Conventional Wisdom In The UK Too
In England people "know" many of the same false things that people here "know." Except in England the false things work against English working people instead of against American working people. I am in England this week and next and am enjoying some pub conversations...
Progressive Breakfast - 7/8/2011
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: Job Creation Stuck...
Rebuild The Dream One Idea At A Time
To listen to what's coming out of Washington, D.C., these days is to realize that our elected officials are completely ignoring a deficit that threatens to devastate the American economy, and the lives of millions of Americans. No, not that deficit. I'm talking about...
The NEA And Our Absurd Education Debate
Down here on the ground in public schools, what school children, parents, and teachers are experiencing are the first tremors of what will likely be seismic shifts in the reality of our nation's education system. As teacher layoffs start to roll-out in Milwaukee, Los...
Progressive Caucus To Obama No Cuts To Social Security Medicare Medicaid
The Progressive Caucus, in a letter being sent to President Obama today, says any budget deal he agrees to that contains cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid won't get their votes. Given that any deal that President Obama agrees to is unlikely to win over...
Progressive Breakfast
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: How Much Would A...
Progressive Breakfast - 7/7/2011
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: How Much Would A...
Foul Deal What If Republicans Take Yes For An Answer
Republicans won't take "Yes" for an answer in the debt ceiling negotiations. As conservative columnist David Brooks writes in the New York Times, this should be the "mother of all no brainers." Republicans have achieved everything they might have imagined at the...
Rebuilding The Dream This Is OUR Time
On June 23, Van Jones, and a broad cross section of progressive groups launched the Rebuild the Dream Movement. This is a movement of necessity: the American Dream – the dream of being able to reap the benefits from hard work, raise a family, and live with dignity –...
Conrad’s 50-50 Proposal Is a Good Sign
The following is an statement distributed to the news media earlier today. You can call on your representatives in Congress to support a deficit reduction plan based on "shared sacrifice" and a 50-50 split between spending cuts and tax increases on the wealthy by...
