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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.
Victory For Domestic Workers in Illinois
After years of campaigning and organizing, domestic workers in Illinois are celebrating victory as Gov. Bruce Rauner signs the Illinois Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights into law, guaranteeing basic workplace protections.
Donald Trump's Smear of Lyndon Johnson
Donald J. Trump said LyndonB. Johnson "wanted to silence the church" because "he was having a problem with either one or more churches." It's not true. Here are the facts.
San Jose's 'Opportunity to Work' Initiative Gets a Big Endorsement
If passed by voters, the initiative would require employers to offer additional work hours to their part-time employees before hiring more part-time or temporary workers.
Donald Trump's Most Racist Speech Ever
Here's how to play race politics to win white conservative votes: Feign sympathy for black people while vowing to keep them in their place and shut down their talk of systems of institutional racism.
Progressive Breakfast
Trump Stumps For Black Vote ... At White Rally Trump makes his case to African-Americans. Yahoo! News: "The Republican presidential nominee repeatedly accused his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton of 'taking for granted' and 'taking advantage of' black voters, calling...
Baltimore’s “Big Government” In Blue Uniforms
The lack of convictions in Freddie Gray’s death was not a vindication of Baltimore police. The Justice Department's scathing report of the Baltimore police laid bare the structural racism that led to Gray's death.
