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Solutions To The Teacher Shortage Crisis Even Republicans Will Like
Public schools across the nation are experiencing severe teacher shortages that are apt to develop into a “crisis.” Here are good reasons even Republicans should embrace the crisis and support good solutions.
How Clinton Can Use The Debate To Change The National Discussion
This election season so far has been about Donald Trump, and not about the real problems facing the country and We the People. The national discussion certainly has not been about things that can be done to make people's lives better.
Trump Promises Nationwide Stop-And-Frisk Policing
Leave it to Donald Trump to stand in black church, before a somehow still overwhelmingly white audience, and promise to implement New York City’s racist, unconstitutional stop-and-frisk policing nationwide.
Union-Made Miracle on the Hudson
From Captain Sully to the ferry crews, it's union-trained workers who saved the passengers on Flight 1549.
Progressive Breakfast
Trump Embraces Stop-and-Frisk Trump pursues odd strategy to win African-American votes. Politico: "...sold himself as the candidate who could fix the problems of urban America. Within hours, Trump was proposing a vast expansion of 'stop-and-frisk' policing policies...
Republicans 'Working The Ref' With War On IRS
The Republican IRS commissioner impeachment is an obvious attempt to kneecap the IRS and keep it from doing its work, which includes policing the misuse of nonprofit organizations to keep secret the sources of political cash.
My Coffee with a Trump Supporter
In which I explain to a Donald Trump supporter over a cup of coffee that his candidate is not a "successful businessman," but a con man.
When Will Black Lives Finally Matter To Donald Trump?
For all his bloviating about “law and order,” Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has yet to express any serious outrage over police killings of unarmed African Americans.
Most States Suing To Block EPA Carbon Caps Have Nothing To Cry About
Twenty-one of the the 27 states suing the EPA to prevent implementation of its Clean Power Plan, requiring cuts in carbon emissions, are already on track to meet the plan's requirements.
Progressive Breakfast
Warren v. Wells Fargo Sen. Warren grills Wells Fargo CEO. USA Today: "The Massachusetts senator has built a reputation for being tough on shady Wall Street dealings and the executives she believes are responsible. But she took it to the next level with Stumpf." "The...
