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Ben Carson’s Redecoration of HUD is Worse Than You Think
About Ben Carson's $31,000 dining room set: that's roughly three times the average income for a rural household that receives rental assistance from Housing and Urban Development, the department Carson is redecorating for Donald Trump.
The Wealthy, the Poor, the Vulnerable
Societies where large numbers of people live in constant danger of falling into poverty, new evidence shows, concetrate more wealth at the top. The deeply unequal United States has four times more economically vulnerable than Japan.
Will Lawmakers Make Schools the Sacrificial Lamb for Gun Control?
The media's big lie is that "we've done nothing" to address school shootings since Sandy Hook. Actually, we've done the wrong things. We've spent millions on armed school personnel that harm learning and don't decrease shootings.
Progressive Breakfast
WV Teachers Demand Affordable Health Care WV public schools closed despite deal that was to end strike. CNN: "All West Virginia public schools will remain closed Thursday, which was the day teachers were to return to work after what is turning into a week-long strike...
Yes, You Can Talk To Strangers
Talking with strangers is never easy. But getting to know your neighbors helps achieve lasting change in this country. That's why ONE Northside is getting out, knocking on doors, and breaking down barriers in Chicago.
Progressive Breakfast
WV Teachers End Strike With Pay Deal West Virginia Teachers’ Strike Ends With a Promise to Raise Pay. NYT: "A teachers’ strike that ground public schools to a halt across West Virginia is set to end on Thursday, a week after it began, Gov. James C. Justice and...
Gun Control Legislation Is Constitutional
It’s time to stop letting the NRA scare the burgeoning gun safety movement led by courageous student survivors into accepting small-bore reforms out of a mistaken belief that stronger gun safety laws would be unconstitutional.
Janus: Billionaires Take on Public Employees and their Unions
If the Gorsuch Supreme Court prevails in Janus, they will succeed in weakening unions, lowering wages and benefits for public employees, while exacerbating the savage inequality that already subverts our democracy.
Progressive Breakfast
WV Teachers In Statewide Strike West Virginia teachers continue strike for fourth day. WaPo: "A teacher strike in West Virginia stretched on Monday, with classes canceled across the state for a third day and demonstrators continuing to flock to the capital city. The...
Picture the United States Without Student Debt
A new report concludes that cancelling all student debt would create more than a million jobs. To those who say we can’t afford to cancel this debt, the report poses a new and different question: Can we afford not to?
