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Budget Austerity Treats Public-School Parents Like Criminals
In the current environment of forced scarcity, public-school parents are not only treated like criminals in education budget battles, they end up picking up more of the cost of this public service, too.
Progressive Breakfast
McCain Diagnosed With Brain Cancer AZ Sen. McCain has brain cancer. CNN: "Sen. John McCain is suffering from a gliobastoma tumor, an aggressive form of cancer... The Arizona senator's absence from Washington in recent days has come at a politically inopportune time...
A New NAFTA Must Help, Not Hurt, Workers
Substantial progress must be made for workers in a renegotiated NAFTA. A goal of "do no harm” is grossly inadequate for the administration that promised to cure the injury that international trade inflicted on America's workers.
Trump Is No FDR: Public Electricity Proves it
Trump is no FDR, no matter what he claims. To see why, we need look no further than his efforts to dismantle one of FDR’s greatest achievements: public investment in electric power.
Progressive Breakfast
GOP in Disarray Obamacare repeal plan looks dead in the Senate. Vox: "The last-ditch Senate attempt to repeal Obamacare with a two-year delay to replace the law appears doomed, just 14 hours after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell proposed it. Three Republican...
Health Victory Opens Way to Better Care for All
We have a lot to celebrate. But in the weeks ahead we need to make sure Democrats stand strong, and that Republicans know they will pay dearly for any future political actions that put our health care at risk.
The Lessons of Love Canal
In 1978 in Love Canal, Lois Gibbs forged a new model for activism focused on the human cost of environmental destruction and grassroots power to change it. Forty years later, we’re at another crossroads in the fight for climate justice.
Progressive Breakfast
GOP Health Repeal Dead, For Now Two more Senate Republicans oppose health-care bill, leaving it without votes to pass. WaPo: "Sens. Mike Lee (Utah) and Jerry Moran (Kan.) issued statements declaring that they would not vote for the revamped measure. The sudden breaks...
Mulvaney's MAGAnomics Mix of Groundhog Day and Flat Out Lies
Trump's Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney's sales pitch for "MAGAnomics" can best be described as a combination of Groundhog Day and outright lies.
Progressive Breakfast
Senate Health Care Vote, CBO Score Delayed McCain surgery delays Senate health vote, CBO score. CNN: "Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Saturday evening he would postpone a vote on the bill because Republican Sen. John McCain is recovering from surgery...
