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The Racism of School Closures
The rush to close more schools and embrace school closings is a perverse approach to "school improvement," with the hugely negative effects on students and communities.
Progressive Breakfast
Sanders, Warren Join Battle For Congress Sanders and Warren hit the trail for Senate candidates. The Hill: "Sanders and Warren are launching their efforts by stumping for Democrat Katie McGinty in Pennsylvania ... Warren and Sanders are also notably speaking at...
We, the Plutocrats vs. We, the People: Saving the Soul of Democracy
The religion of inequality – of money and power – has failed us. The truth of our country is in the moral compact implicit in the preamble to our Constitution: we’re all in this together.
Wingnut Week In Review: To Russia With Love?
If Donald Trump wasn’t the Republican nominee, what would it take for his words and actions to be labeled treason? In fact, why does no one dare call it treason?
There’s One Unfinished Clinton Promise that Hillary Should Put To Bed
What can be done to deter pharmaceutical companies from jacking up prices of critical drugs? Answer: Fulfill Bill Clinton’s 1992 campaign pledge to bar companies from deducting executive pay above $1 million.
What You Need to Know About the Dakota Access Pipeline Protest
Native Americans from tribes all over the country are protesting the construction of a crude-oil pipeline slated to snake through sacred sites and under the water supply for the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation.
Progressive Breakfast
Ruling Expected On Dakota Pipeline Dakota Access Pipeline ruling expected today. AP: "U.S. District Judge James Boasberg says he’ll rule by the end of Friday on the Standing Rock Sioux tribe’s request to block the $3.8 billion project, which will carry oil from North...
Time For Obama and Clinton To Oppose The Dakota Access Pipeline
The confrontation over the Dakota Access Pipeline challenges President Obama, the Democratic candidate who is seeking to succeed him, Hillary Clinton, and Congress to be clear whose side they are on.
Offshore Tax Loophole Leaves Small Businesses Behind
The giant corporations pay lower (or no) taxes while the hard-working smaller companies pay what they owe. The system inevitably spirals into deeper and deeper corruption.
Servicewomen Get Short Shrift in Commander-in-Chief Forum
When Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton sparred separately on military matters during NBC’s Commander-in-Chief Forum on Wednesday, one group was all but ignored: female service members.
