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Trump's Perverse Populism
Donald Trump’s inaugural address stunned Washington elites. Yet it deserves attention for it reveals how Trump’s right-wing populism distorts America’s populist tradition.
From March To Movement
Now comes the hard part—transforming the extraordinary energy of the Womens March into an organized movement that can show up not just on one day, but day after day, and achieve real political power.
Momentive Workers Strike As Trump's "Jobs Forum" Pick Cuts Wages
In his inaugural address President Trump said that "the wealth of our middle class has been ripped from their homes and then redistributed all across the world." Trump's "Strategic and Policy Forum" is doing just that.
The Poisonous Politics of David Brock
Brock is not a man of the left. His institutions are not grounded in the populist-progressive movement. He’s an agent of the Democratic establishment, funded significantly by its biggest donors.
Progressive Breakfast
TAKE ACTION Trump set to violate the Constitution The Emoluments Clause of the Constitution prohibits all government officials—including the President—from taking gifts or money from a foreign government. In December, ethics lawyers from both the Bush and Obama...
Inauguration Day: Letter to a Trump Voter
It gives me no joy to say this, but you’ve been conned. Trump hasn’t come up with a single concrete proposal to create jobs.
Kansas And Puerto Rico Show How Trump's Tax Cuts Will Hurt Us
Reagan and both Bushes cut taxes for the rich and their corporations, promising that the "benefits" would "trickle down' to the rest of us. So did Kansas and Puerto Rico. How'd that work out for them -- and us?
The People Organize To Stop Mnuchin
Treasury Secretary nominee Steve Mnuchin is having his hearing today in the United States Senate. Will you make a quick call to your senators to oppose his candidacy?
Progressive Breakfast
TAKE ACTION Call your senators: Demand they say no to Mnuchin Donald Trump’s Corporate Coup marches on. Steve Mnuchin, Trump’s pick to steer our economy as Treasury Secretary, is a multimillionaire hedge fund banker who profited off the backs of hard-working...
Does Betsy DeVos Care About Racial Equity? We Still Don’t Know.
It's not surprising someone who has never been a teacher, never run a school, never served as a public official official overseeing education, and never been engaged in scholarly work on education is not well versed in education policy.
