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Maybe Ivanka Trump Will Help Us Fight Real Voter Suppression
The daughter of Donald Trump complained of New York's "onerous rules" that will keep her from voting in the Republican primary. But New York isn't even on the list of states that have recently added onerous voting restrictions.
Panama Papers Offer More Evidence That Free Trade Isn’t Really Free
As much as President Clinton and President Obama like to talk about "free trade" deals, the truth is that the working class ends up paying.
Progressive Breakfast
Burning Issues: Lawrence Wilkerson on U.S. Empire-Building The U.S. has “become, in essence, the new Rome,” says Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell in the George W. Bush administration, in this Burning Issues video...
Burning Issues: Lawrence Wilkerson on U.S. Empire-Building
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell's chief of staff offers a sharp critique of U.S. "imperial power" and offers praise for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders in this Burning Issues video.
Wall Street's Fraud of the Week Club
$5.1 billion with Goldman Sachs, $1.2 billion with Wells Fargo – how many settlements will it take to convince some fact-resistant pundits and politicians that there is an epidemic of fraud on Wall Street?
Kasich Pans North Carolina’s Anti-LGBT law, But He’s Still No Moderate.
Ohio governor and Republican presidential candidate John Kasich says he wouldn’t have signed North Carolina’s new anti-LGBT law. That still doesn’t make him the moderate he wants people to think he is.
Taking On Predatory Payday Lenders In Florida
In spite of Florida's problems with payday lenders, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Florida Democrat and chair of the Democratic National Committee, is fighting, not helping, efforts to to rein them in. Here's how she's being exposed.
On Equal Pay Day, We Could Use Some Sunshine
The Paycheck Fairness Act would bring wage inequities out of the shadows into the light of day, and empower its victims and the federal government to hold employers accountable.
50-Group Public Health Coalition Asks Congress To Oppose TPP
"We urge Congress to reject the TPP as long as these damaging provisions are a part of it. The stakes for public health are too high."
Progressive Breakfast
Burning Issues: The Panama Papers And How The Rich Hide Their Money An estimated $1 trillion dollars annually is siphoned out of developing countries into hidden offshore bank accounts in tax havens around the world, says Tom Cardamone, managing director of Global...
