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Whistleblowers Challenge Candidates: Stand Against Wall Street Fraud
A new organization, Bank Whistleblowers United, calls on candidates to not take contributions from financial companies that have engaged in fraud and to commit to a set of actions that will "restore the rule of law" on Wall Street.
A Greener Leap Year
What if an extra day somehow slipped into your month? This being a leap year, it’s a reasonable question. The climate justice movement won’t take this 366th day for granted.
Progressive Breakfast
Bernie Looks For Super Super Tuesday Sanders sets sights on five Super Tuesday states. Politico: "He’s certain to win his home state of Vermont ... Other recent surveys show Sanders with a slight lead in Massachusetts and within a few points of Clinton in Oklahoma ......
Meet The Conservatives Who Would Leave Trump's Party
A Donald Trump nomination means several elements of the Republican Party will sit out the election, vote third-party or even vote Democrat. The seams of the GOP coalition are tearing apart in front of our eyes.
Black Votes Matter, Because Black Lives Matter
Democrats are beginning to understand that black votes matter to their margin of victory. But to earn those votes, Democrats have to prove that black votes matter to them, with policies that prove black lives matter to them.
Why the Right Should Fear Inequality
Conservatives who worry about government "red tape" smothering "freedom" need to take a closer look at our great economic divides. And if they did, they'd start supporting America's trade unions instead of trying to subvert them.
The End of the Establishment?
Something very big has happened, and it’s not due to Bernie Sanders’ magnetism or Donald Trump’s likeability. It’s a rebellion against the establishment. The question is why the establishment has been so slow to see this.
Small Change In TPP Text Yields Big Results For Some
The difference is very difficult to spot. The word "paragraph" has been changed to "subparagraph." But this makes a major change for the worse to the intellectual property provisions of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Progressive Breakfast
Can GOP Survive Trump? "Trump shatters the Republican Party" says Politico: "Suddenly, there are three strands of the Republicanism ... Ted Cruz is the leader of the traditional conservative purists. Marco Rubio [leads] the once-dominant, now diminished, mainstream...
Donald Trump Will Not Be President of the United States
Donald Trump keeps winning primaries. On Tuesday, he won big in Nevada caucuses. He leads in the vast number of upcoming March primaries. He's on his way to the nomination. But he will not be elected president of the United States.
