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Oxfam: Ten Multinational Corporations Control Most Food Brands
Just ten multinational conglomerates control almost all of the food and beverage "brands" we all recognize. These ten companies "collectively generate revenues of more than $1.1bn a day."
Progressive Breakfast
Obamacare Repeal Not So Simple Republicans increasingly queasy about Obamacare repeal. Politico: "There’s definitely fear on the Hill. Congress has only been in for a few days, but the conversation on Obamacare has definitely shifted. It’s no longer a...
My Friend Pramila Jayapal Goes to Congress and Makes History
She is also the kind of progressive champion we need in the Congress in this challenging time. Her victory is a reminder that the majority of Americans didn't vote for Trump or sanction his bigotry.
Progressive Breakfast
Schumer Lays Out Democratic Strategy Senate Minority Leader articulates oppositional vision. Yahoo! News: "Schumer mentioned infrastructure investments and tax and trade reform as areas of possible cooperation, while vowing to fight 'tooth and nail' on other issues,...
The Carolina Coup and the Fight for Public Education
The naked power grab by Republicans in North Carolina has shocked the nation. But few people understand that a struggle over public education is at the center of the fight against an authoritarian government in the era of Donald Trump
Trump Nominates Non-Free-Trader Robert Lighthizer to Trade Office
Lightizer's nomination signals that Trump is likely to oppose the "free trade" ideology and policy of the last several decades, as wel as much of the Republican coalition.
Progressive Breakfast
House Guts Ethics Office "With No Warning, House Republicans Vote to Gut Independent Ethics Office" reports NYT: "House Republicans, overriding their top leaders, voted on Monday to significantly curtail the power of an independent ethics office ... The move to...
Girding For The Education Fight Ahead
To get an idea of what kind of education policies to expect under Trump, look at Wall St, where the stock price of K12 Inc., the country’s largest operator of online charters, has reached an all time high
Coming Soon: American Made Battle of the Heavyweights
There’s a battle brewing between the President-elect and the Speaker of the House. Donald Trump promised the working class who elected him that he’d support Buy American provisions to create jobs. The Speaker backs anti-American imports.
Waging Class War in Comfort
No president has packed his cabinet with more bigwigs than president-elect Donald Trump. Do the corporate chiefs now parading into the new Trump administration see the United States as just another enterprise — to fleece?
