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Why Republicans Are Rebooting the For-Profit College Industry
A controversial rewrite of the Higher Education Act turns back the clock to when predatory for-profit colleges and lenders could purchase government officials and political appointees, then cripple students with debt and worthless degrees.
Progressive Breakfast
GOP Sprints To Enact Tax Cuts Republican tax bill in final sprint across finish line. NYT: "The day after suffering a political blow in the Alabama special Senate election, congressional Republicans sped forward with the most sweeping tax rewrite in decades,...
Charles Barkley's Wise Words to Democrats on Alabama
Former NBA star Charles Barkley calls Doug Jones' Alabama Senate win "a wake-up call for Democrats to do better for black people and poor white people." If Democrats were to follow his frank advice, over their own, they might actually win.
Progressive Breakfast
Black Vote Elects Jones In Alabama African American voters made Doug Jones a U.S. Senator in Alabama. The Atlantic: "Election day defied the narrative and challenged traditional thinking about racial turnout in off-year elections and special elections. Precincts in...
The Grassroots Won Alabama's Senate Race
Doug Jones's victory in Alabama belongs to the voters, who rose up from the grassroots in a new movement to restore voting rights and met the challenge of keeping a homophobe, racist and accused pedophile out of the U.S. Senate.
Bending the Arc of History Towards Justice in Alabama
In his victory speech, Doug Jones recalled Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous words: “The arc of history is long, but it bends towards justice.” And today in Alabama it did, thanks to the voters who came together to reject hate.
Progressive Breakfast
GOP Hammers Out Tax Plan Amid the rush to finish GOP tax bill, a sudden slowdown for second thoughts. LA Times: "The rush to finish the GOP tax overhaul has hit a snag as Republicans grapple with substantial differences between the House and Senate bills, and pause to...
Making Every Vote Count in Alabama and Beyond
There’s a lot at stake in Alabama right now; every vote counts. That’s why we’ve been going door to door to let folks know they have the right to vote, and get them out to the polls. We're working together so people know We All Count.
Democrats Need More Democracy, Not Less
Two political scientists lament in a recent op-ed in the New York Times, that "the Democratic Party Becoming Too Democratic?" Their cherry-picked election data and anecdotes paint a misleading portrait of what our country needs.
Mainers Brave Storm to Challenge Sen. Collins to Vote "No" on Tax Bill
Despite freezing temperatures and snowfall, hundreds from across New England turned out in Kittery, Maine to demand that Senator Susan Collins finally listen to the will of the voters and reject the Republican tax overhaul.
