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Global Recession: A Real and Present Danger?
The presidential debates have treated ISIS and Syria as America's central security threats. Ignored is the increasing threat of a global economic downturn that would undermine our security far more than ISIS can imagine.
Who Do You Want In The White House When The Next Recession Comes?
On its seventh anniversary, imagine the apocalyptic economic and political landscape that we would see without the Recovery Act to ignite a virtuous cycle of government investment that put people to work.
How Bernie Could Lose The Nomination But Win The Convention
If Sanders comes to Philadelphia in July with a legion of delegates, chances are he's going to look to the Hubert Humphrey example of 1948, and hope that he can similarly transform the Democratic Party.
TTIP of the Iceberg: Consumer Concerns Could Sink A US-EU Trade Pact
Hundreds of officials will be convening in Brussels next week to pound out the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, or TTIP, and consumer groups on both sides of the Atlantic have been mobilizing in opposition.
Progressive Breakfast
Polls Tight Clinton up 1 in CNN Nevada poll: "Overall, 48% of likely caucus attendees say they support Clinton, 47% Sanders ... with Clinton holding an edge among women, while Sanders tops the former secretary of state among voters under age 55 ... both white and...
What Republicans Risk By Obstructing Obama's Supreme Court Nomination
Conventional wisdom states that Republicans have every political reason to block anyone President Obama nominates for the Supreme Court. Here's why that's wrong.
The Death of the Republican Party
I’m writing to you today to announce the death of the Republican Party. It is no longer a living, vital, animate organization. It died in 2016. RIP. It has been replaced by warring tribes.
The Black-White Jobs Gap Is Especially Wide In Red States
A look at state unemployment statistics raises a question: Why is it that states that are under total Republican control have generally not shown any significant progress in narrowing the racial unemployment gap?
How Scalia’s Death Affects That Important Public-Employee Union Case
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's death affects the Friedrichs v. California Teachers case, which the conservative majority on the court was prepared to use to bankrupt public-employee unions.
One Percenters Get Their Own Special Social Welfare Deal
The IRS took five years to review the Crossroads GPS application for nonprofit social welfare status. Most Americans would need five minutes to determine that Crossroads is about politics, not social welfare.
