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Grow Up and Apologize, Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz is a champion hypocrite. He leads Texas Republicans' call for federal disaster aid, yet insists they were right to try to deny aid to those in need after Hurricane Sandy. It's time for Cruz to grow up, and admit he was wrong.

Progressive Breakfast

UN Issues Warning on Rise of US Racism U.N. issues warning on U.S. Racism. UN News Centre: "The United Nations body monitoring implementation of the global convention on prohibiting racial discrimination has called on high-level politicians and public officials of the...

Progressive Breakfast

Trump Pardons Arpaio Arpaio pardon dangerously accelerates Trump’s assault on the rule of law. New Yorker: "Since Watergate and the release, in 1976, of the Church Committee report, which detailed wider executive-branch abuses, this vast federal bureaucracy has...

Progressive Breakfast

Arpaio's Shadow Pardon or not, the fight against Joe Arpaio's legacy is far from over. Splinter: "Outside the convention center, immigrant rights activists set up giant, inflated figures of the ousted Maricopa County sheriff, Joe Arpaio, and President Trump. Arpaio in...

What Happened To All The Teachers?

There's mounting evidence of widespread teacher shortages. Lousy pay is a problem for sure. But the lack of teachers isn't just an economic problem. It's also cultural. And loudmouth politicians who denigrate teachers aren't helping.

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