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The Racial Wealth Gap Is Getting Worse – And We're Not Talking About It
A consequence of historic racial and wealth inequality, woven deeply into the fabric of our economic system and our politics, is largely absent from our political discussion in both political parties.
Trump Trade Position Is Opposite Of What People Think It Is
The Republican presidential candidate says we need to cut American wages enough to be "competitive" with China and Mexico. He has even laid out a plan to accomplish this. He may have stopped saying that, but ...
Progressive Breakfast
Trump's Economic Vision Attacked From All Sides Trump economic speech fact-challenged. AP: "He wrongly accused Hillary Clinton of proposing to increase middle-class taxes and blamed crumbling roads and bridges on money spent on refugees ... He overstated the corporate...
The Incredible Shrinking Populist: Donald Trump’s Tiny Economic Vision
We were promised a bold new vision. What we got instead was, with one or two notable exceptions, a warmed-over version of the House Republicans’ standard-issue voodoo economics.
Protesters Disrupt Trump Speech Over Outsourcing, Sexual Harassment
When Donald Trump says we should keep jobs in the U.S., he means he wants to make jobs in the U.S. just as low-wage as elsewhere. Members of Michigan People's Campaign challenge him on that Monday in Detroit.
Why Trump Can't Get Over 45%
The Trump campaign has been a test to see if the Republican Party can still win as an essentially all-white party with a platform rooted in racial grievance. All the evidence says it cannot.
Progressive Breakfast
Trump to Refocus on Economy Trump to "reboot" with an economic speech today. WSJ: "The candidate isn’t likely to offer a detailed revision of his previously announced plan for big tax cuts. Advisers have been working on an overhaul of that plan to address criticism it...
American Greed: Trump's Economic Team Is a Who’s Who of What’s Wrong
There are only two economists on Donald Trump's economic team. But hedge funds are represented. So are fracking, tobacco, guns and steel. So is the guy who ran Chrysler into the ground before it was rescued by the government.
The Latest Lie: "We Are Going To Raise Taxes On The Middle Class"
Donald Trump is running an ad that changes a word in a Hillary Clinton speech to make it sound like she said the opposite of what she actually said. Will people fall for that?
Wingnut Week In Review: Donald Trumps Himself
Depending on the outcome, when the history of the 2016 presidential election is written, this will be known as the week the wheels fell off of Donald Trump’s campaign.
