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Why 2016 May See a Record Top 1%
America’s top earners could be rushing to maximize their 2016 income after Election Day in November. But what happens next will be what really matters.
Progressive Breakfast
Ballot Initiatives Could Move America Left Voters poised to lift wages. American Prospect: "On the ballot in Washington state is an initiative that will raise the minimum wage from its current level of $9.47 an hour to $13.50 an hour by 2020. In Arizona, Colorado, and...
Halloween Horror: Trump’s Poll Trolls
Fearing they could not win fair and square, Republicans took steps to prevent young, old, black and Hispanic people – people likely to vote Democratic – from reaching the polls. This GOP Frankenstein threatens democracy itself.
A Progressive Path Forward On Trade
We should give fair warning to trade-surplus countries that the free ride is ending. They will have to buy more from us if they want to keep selling as much to us.
Fighting Racism to Build Solidarity With the White Working Class
Here's one example of how progressives in states like Maine are working to heal the divisions of wedge politics practiced by Donald Trump and by far-right politicians across the nation.
This Small Business Owner Said "No" To Doing Business With Trump
In the latest video from the Main Street Alliance, Mike Price of New Jersey tells the story of why he wouldn't let his Price Communications go into business with Donald Trump's Atlantic City casinos.
Tax Fairness Group Petition: Curb Extreme Family Wealth
The Treasury Department is in the process of trying to close a loophole in the tax law that dilutes the impact of an estate tax that already affects only a tiny percentage of the very rich. Of course, the proposed rules are under attack.
Progressive Breakfast
Race Holds Steady Politico poll shows no change: "Hillary Clinton has a slim three-point lead over Donald Trump one week before Election Day, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll conducted entirely after FBI Director James Comey announced the discovery of...
Obamacare's Biggest Problem is Profit, Not Government
Republicans who say that Obamacare's problems are caused by “big government” have it exactly backward. Government isn’t the problem here. It’s the solution.
Native Americans Demand Clinton Take A Stand On Dakota Access Pipeline
This week young people from the Standing Rock Sioux Nation went to the Clinton campaign's New York City headquarters to demand that "this pipeline be stopped. It is our land, it is our water, it is our future."
