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What Republicans Can Learn From The Democratic Convention
Republicans, trapped in denial, wondering how they fell so far, might look toward the Democratic National Convention's capacity to manage the intra-party tension.
Strong Rules Needed On Abusive Debt Collection Practices
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is proposing new rules regulating debt collection agencies. It's about time the government starting acting like a government again.
Meet Some Sanders Delegates Who Plan To Turn Anger Into Positive Action
A group of Bernie Sanders delegates talk in Philadelphia about what they plan to do after the Democratic convention to "keep the Bern," building progressive power in their communities.
Progressive Breakfast
Obama and Kaine Feel The Bern Obama and Kaine embrace Sanders. The Nation's John Nichols: "...the president declared: '....if you agree that there’s too much inequality in our economy, and too much money in our politics, we all need to be as vocal and as organized and...
Obama "Passes the Baton"
Democrats rolled out the big guns last night – Biden, Kaine, Bloomberg, Obama. They posed the choice: experience vs. risk, most qualified vs. least qualified, optimism vs. pessimism. And Obama "passed the baton" to Hillary Clinton.
TPP Opposition: Make Them Do It And Hold Them To It
Clinton says she opposes the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Clinton friend and insider Terry McAuliffe said she will pivot to supporting it after the election. Trump jumped on that, saying Clinton will "betray" us. What does it all mean?
Mothers of the Movement: Out of Grief, Unity and Hope
The Mothers of the Movement brought the audience at the Democratic National Convention to its feet, and hushed it with the staggering losses that brought them there. It was one of the most powerful moments of the convention.
Is Tim Kaine A Sign Democrats Are Leaving The 'Education Reform Camp?'
In reviewing Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine’s education policy chops, what’s in his record may not be as important as what isn’t: the current education 'reform' establishment’s policy checklist.
Progressive Breakfast
Bill Sells Hill Bill Clinton tells the story of Hillary the "changemaker." W. Post's E. J. Dionne: "It was a phrase he used over and over, sending a message to Bernie Sanders’s supporters that she was, at heart, one of them; and to voters tempted by Donald Trump, that...
The Democratic Convention: The Big Dawg Still Can Howl
Bill Clinton provided a masterful portrait of Hillary Clinton last night at the Democratic Convention, making the case that she is the "change maker" that Americans are looking for – an image marred only by close allies going off-script.
