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The Presidential Race: The West Weighs in
In the shadow of the terror in Brussels, voters flocked to the polls in Arizona, and caucused in Utah and Idaho Tuesday. Bernie Sanders keeps rising; Trump's support holds. This race is a long way from over.
Five (of Many) Ways This GOP Budget Would Do Real Harm
The House Republican budget closely mirrors what would face the country if a Republican wins the White House. In a video, Jasmine Tucker of the National Priorities Project discusses what the impact of the budget would be.
Tell the Senate: Do Your Job. Give Merrick Garland a Hearing and a Vote.
Republicans love to complain about people who get money from the government and refuse to work. That is, unless they’re doing so, by refusing to consider the president’s Supreme Court Nominee.
Another Elite Gang-Up On Sanders: His Proposals Would Undo America
Steven Pearlstein warns that government raising the minimum wage to $15, extending public education by four years, providing Medicare-for-All would "turn America into Denmark or Sweden." He means that in a bad way.
Senate GOP Disses American Voters
The GOP is expressing deep derision for 65 million Americans who voted to re-elect Barack Obama and for the American democratic process by obstructing the duly elected U.S. President from fulfilling his Constitutional obligations.
Progressive Breakfast
Contests in AZ, UT and ID Today Clinton and Sanders jockey for position on immigration in Arizona. NYT: "Hillary Clinton sharply denounced Sheriff Joe Arpaio, saying the Maricopa County sheriff, who became the face of hard-line anti-immigration policies because of his...
How the Democratic Party Establishment Suffocates Progressive Change
Every progressive knows about the opposition and tactics of the Republican Party. The Democratic Party establishment is a far lesser evil, but it may also be a far greater obstacle to progressive change.
What Will Discrimination Cost Georgia?
Fifty-two years after Lester Maddox famously chased African-Americans out of his restaurant with an ax handle, the phrase “we don’t serve your kind here” may be heard once again in Georgia.
The Candidate Police Reform Activists Propelled To Victory In Chicago
If Kim Foxx wins in the general election for Cook County, Ill., state's attorney, that would mean a grassroots progressive-backed advocate would be in place to do battle against a long history of police misconduct.
California's Climate Regulations Are Working. Let's Build On Success.
Kudos to Mother Jones and its reporter Gabriel Kahn for covering how California has created a template for cutting carbon emissions, creating green jobs and averting a climate crisis.
