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Betsy DeVos's Back-To-School Message At Odds With What Parents Want
Betsy DeVos tours the U.S. telling school children their schools are "a mundane malaise," but three out of four of parents say their public school is excellent or good, and only 7 percent say their school is not so good or poor.
Progressive Breakfast
Dallas Removes Statue of Robert E. Lee Dallas removes Robert E. Lee's statue from city park. U.S. News & World Report: "Workers in Dallas removed a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee from a park on Thursday, with police on hand to provide protection after the...
'Medicare For All' Would Fully Fund Indian Health for First Time
If Sanders’ proposal for universal care were enacted, every one of the 2.2 million patients in the Indian health system would have funding from insurance. That is what a Treaty Right fulfilled looks like. Finally.
Donald Trump Is Just the Latest Republican to Stoke Racial Division
Trump’s actions and words are particularly noxious, but no one should be misled: His race-bait politics are an expression of the modern Republican Party, not a deviation from it. The battle for its soul has long since been decided.
Progressive Breakfast
Trump Approves, Then Denies, Plan to Save DACA How last night's dinner with Trump, Pelosi and Schumer went down. Politico: "AT ROUGHLY 9:45, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer’s offices put out a statement saying that PRESIDENT TRUMP agreed to quickly 'enshrine the...
Never Say Tax Reform, Say Fairness
We are about to embark on a nationwide debate over taxes. Newspapers want to call this a debate over “tax reform.” It is not: Progressives want tax “fairness,” not “reform.” The first word sets us up for victory, and the latter for defeat.
Medicare For All Can Reshape the 'Art of the Possible'
The sixteen senators who have joined Sanders understand their health bill won't pass in today's Republican Congress. They signed on because it's a good idea, and because they recognize that they can both reflect and shape political change.
Racial Inequality Is Hollowing Out America’s Middle Class
America’s middle class is under assault, with black and Latino households under siege. Their drop in wealth by more than half over three decades threatens the very survival of a middle class in this country.
Progressive Breakfast
Today Last Day to Tell Lawmakers To Support Small Business Financing It's incredibly hard for small business owners to get great ideas off the ground without access to bank loans at fair rates. TODAY IS THE LAST DAY we can tell the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...
Walker and Trump’s Foxconn Deal May Be Worst in American History
Governor Scott Walker and Donald Trump claim their $3 billion subsidy to Foxconn will create thousands of jobs in Wisconsin. But when you dig into the numbers, the deal looks like one of the biggest swindles in American history.
