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Iowa Town Hall Meetings Discussing TPP This Week
This week Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (Iowa CCI Action), Our Revolution (Bernie Sanders' group), and the Communications Workers of America (CWA) will hold a series of town hall meetings across Iowa.
Progressive Breakfast
Trump Epitomizes Rigged Rules Fine print of Trump tax return particularly shocking, says W. Post's Allan Sloan: "... he would have been tax-free because of a $15,818,562 loss reported on Line 11 of the return under 'Rental real estate, royalties, partnerships, S...
"Two Million Felonies": Will Wells Fargo’s Scandal Change Wall Street?
Big-bank CEOs have presided over a cornucopia of criminality in recent years. And yet these top executives have managed to avoid being held accountable – legally, financially, and even socially – for their actions. Is that about to change?
Wingnut Week In Review: Donald Trump Dives Into The Gutter
Writer Maya Angelou once offered this sage advice: "If someone shows you who they really are, believe them." With his latest misogynistic attack on Alicia Machado, Donald Trump dives into the gutter to show us once again who he really is.
Uber And Lyft Drivers Organize To Fight Exploitation
The "gig economy" means that big corporations make billionaires, while their workers are called "contractors" who have no rights and don't make squat. It's one more way the system has been rigged.
Progressive Breakfast
Note to Progressive Breakfast Subscribers The Campaign for America’s Future is combining its operations with People’s Action. This partnership connects our work as a strategy and communications center for the progressive movement with the nation’s largest and most...
Elizabeth Warren Clarifies The Charter Schools Debate
Sen. Elizabeth Warren threw the supposedly progressive framing of charter schools into doubt with her opposition to a ballot initiative to expand them in her state. Warren has good cause to oppose more charters.
If the Donald Were Really Courting the Blacks
I’m tired of news outlets saying again and again that Donald Trump is courting African-American voters. It’s quite clear that Trump is communicating about African Americans in order to court suburban and college-educated white voters.
The Struggle at Standing Rock is Bigger Than One Pipeline
The legal struggles for a permanent shutdown of the Dakota Access Pipeline construction continue. For indigenous people, the fight to halt the pipeline is about reviving a way of life.
Clinton Needs to Inspire the Base, Not Just Reassure Moderates
Clinton may have reassured undecided moderates that Trump is dangerous and she’s the safer choice. But she didn't do enough to energize the base to turn out for her in large enough numbers to insure victory.
