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Is Making Corporations Pay Wages "Burdensome Government Regulation?"
The Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation established that employers in the United States have to pay wages. Conservatives have been fighting this ever since.
Trump's Estate Tax: An Aristocrat's Gift to His Friends and Family
Trump’s empathy seems to extend only as far as his aristocratic peers, for they—and only they—will directly benefit from his economic policies ... his call to repeal the estate tax is targeted toward his fellow princes and princesses.
Progressive Breakfast
Justice Dept. To End Use of Private Prisons Justice Department cites weak track record of private prisons. NYT: "Sally Q. Yates, the deputy attorney general, wrote in a memo [that private prisons] 'do not save substantially on costs,' and they provide fewer...
Will The “Fix the Debt” Manipulators Ever Reform Themselves?
The billionaires and CEOs behind "Fix the Debt" have a lot of nerve. Once again they're using cheap scare tactics and some manipulative “nudging” to drum up support for cutting Social Security benefits.
Important Victory In The Fight Against Private Prisons
The Justice Department has issued a memo announcing that it would begin the process of "reducing – and ultimately ending – our use of privately operated prisons."
Aetna Shows Why We Need a Single Payer
The best argument for a single-payer health plan is the recent decision by giant health insurer Aetna to bail out next year from 11 of the 15 states where it sells Obamacare plans.
These Are Your 28 TPP House Democrat Targets
Here are the 28 Democrats who voted for fast track trade authority last year. Let's get them on the record before the election about whether they will vote for the Trans-Pacific Partnership after the election.
Progressive Breakfast
Can Clinton Get a Mandate? Clinton risks winning without a mandate. W. Post's Stu Rothenberg: "Part of Clinton’s goal over the next two months ought to be to create the impression that her agenda is her appeal. Only then could she credibly make the argument that the...
Sanders/Warren Wing Needs to Demand Seats on Clinton Transition Team
Based on Hillary Clinton's transition team appointments, the progressive base has good cause to worry that her administration would be stacked with Washington/Wall Street insiders. The Sanders/Warren wing must insist on representation.
What Your Back-To-School List Reveals About Our Underfunded Schools
Back-to-school supply lists are likely longer than ever. But the lack of funding for basic school supplies is just the most obvious sign of America's growing and deepening crisis in education funding.
