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Are Fair Trade Policies "Extreme?" Is Clinton Ready For Trump On Trade?
This election will be at least partly, if not mostly, about trade. The consequences of decades of moving jobs out of the country are coming home to roost. People are fed up.
Show The Price Tag: No Secrecy for Northrop Grumman's B-21 Bomber
The defense industry is a poster child for what's wrong with our political system and misplaced priorities. The latest example: The hidden cost of the B-21 bomber, on which Sen. John McCain is now blowing the whistle.
A Two-Pronged Assault on Women
We heard a lot about the “war on women” during the 2012 election cycle. The only change is that now we’re fighting on two fronts — reproductive rights and economic survival.
How Dennis Hastert Also Molested Our Democracy
The "Hastert rule" has been used to subvert the majority will of the people's representatives time and again – and that's just one of the ways a veteran House staffer says Dennis Hastert perverted the functioning of House.
Free Trade and Globalization Designed To Screw Workers
Will the media ever stop the ridiculous charade of pretending that the path of globalization that we are on is somehow and natural and that it is the outcome of a "free" market?
Progressive Breakfast
Northeast Primaries Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton emerge from Northeast primaries as presumptive nominees. CBS News: "After resounding victories across the Northeast on Tuesday, both Republican front-runner Donald Trump and Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton...
The Atlantic Primaries: Trump and Clinton Consolidate
With big wins Tuesday, Donald Trump is on the verge of locking up the GOP nomination. and Hillary Clinton consolidated her Democratic lead. Bernie Sanders, his supporters demanding nothing less, will carry the fight to the convention.
Warning: TPP Rearing Its Ugly Head
Call your Representative and both your Senators and let them know how you feel about the possibility of Congress sneaking in a vote for TPP after the election.
Did The Beatles Help Fuel The Reagan Revolution?
On this month’s 50th anniversary of one of the all-time edgiest Beatles tracks, our super rich have a special reason to look back fondly on the lads from Liverpool.
GOP: It’s OK for Corporations to Kill Workers
Last week GOP House members conducted a hearing to further their case against saving the lives of workers exposed to silica dust. To appease big business, the GOP wants to reverse a new rule that will save lives by limiting silica exposure.
