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How We Beat Trump's Dirty Power Play
Trump and EPA chief Scott Pruitt think undoing all that has gone before them is something to celebrate. We must resist their efforts to undo the Clean Power Plan, and push for the radical steps we need to adapt to climate change and thrive.
Progressive Breakfast
WH Issues Demands To Curb Immigration WH releases hard-line immigration principles, threatening deal on ‘dreamers’. WaPo: "The Trump administration released a list of hard-line immigration principles late Sunday that threaten to derail a deal in Congress to allow...
Help the CFPB Stop Predatory Loans From Ruining Lives
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) wants to curb abuses by payday lenders, but loan sharks are spending hard to undermine its new rules. We can act now to save the CFPB, and keep people out of the payday loan trap.
Can Centrism Be a Movement? The Answer May Surprise You
Insider centrism, the time-honored kind that unites leaders of both parties with their corporate funders, will always be a plaything of the elite. But centrism emerging from the true needs of voters could conceivably become a movement.
Progressive Breakfast
Tell Lawmakers To Vote NO! On GOP Budget The GOP is pushing through a budget through Congress that slashes Medicare, Medicaid, and other vital services. Call your representatives today at (888) 516-5820 and tell them to vote NO! on the GOP budget. House Passes GOP...
New Federal Grant Feeds Charter School Gravy Train In New Mexico
The U.S. Department of Education's new grants of over $250 million to charter school programs in states like New Mexico should prompt concern, given these schools' poor oversight and chronic disappointing academic performance.
Progressive Breakfast
Tell Lawmakers To Vote NO! On House Budget The House GOP is pushing through a budget that slashes Medicare, Medicaid, and other vital services. Call your representative today at (888) 516-5820 and tell them to vote NO! on the House budget. GOP Seeks to Ram Tax Cuts...
The "Center-Left" Had Its Chance; It's Time For Something New
The political project known as "centrism" is collapsing around the globe. But what about the "New Labour"/"New Democrat" phenomenon of the "center-left" that once seemed to offer so much hope? Can it survive? More importantly, should it?
Progressive Breakfast
Tell Lawmakers To Vote NO! On House Budget The House GOP is pushing through a budget that slashes Medicare, Medicaid, and other vital services. Call your representative today at (888) 516-5820 and tell them to vote NO! on the House budget. GOP Tax Cuts Blow Up Deficit...
Millions of Lives at Risk as GOP Lets CHIP Expire
Nine million children in this country are at the brink of losing health coverage. What do our lawmakers say about this? Not a damn word. Why? Because they care more about themselves than our children, and our country's future.
