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Saturday: Watch Live Video of the Iowa People's Presidential Forum
With the Democratic National Committee sanctioning so few presidential debates, progressive activists in Iowa this Saturday have organized their own presidential forum in Des Moines – "Putting Families First."
New Year's Resolution: Civic Action to Fix Our Democracy
The year is beginning with a number of active grassroots campaigns coast to coast fighting to make American democracy fairer and to give more voice to average voters.
Why You Should Pay Attention To The 'Friedrichs' Supreme Court Case
The Supreme Court has again decided to reconsider "settled law." The goal is to bankrupt public employee unions by denying them funding for services they are legally bound to provide to every worker – including nonmembers.
Five Education Stories To Keep Your Eye On In 2016
Keep an eye this year on competitive governor races, more charter school controversy, the Friedrichs Supreme Court case, the Chicago teachers strike, and the ongoing resistance to testing.
Progressive Breakfast
Clinton, Sanders Work Grassroots... Clinton bets on Iowa ground game. The Hill: "The front-runner has spent twice as much time in Iowa as New Hampshire over the first week of 2016 — with more visits expected early next week — and is deploying top surrogates Bill...
Does Hillary Clinton Need To Distance Herself From Obama?
GOP operative Ed Rogers says "this is shaping up to be a change election, and nothing about a Clinton candidacy offers change." But are voters that dissatisfied with the Obama presidency? The numbers don't back it up.
This Global Ruling Is Just Not Cool
They say that if you get up in the morning and swallow a live toad, nothing worse will happen to you for the rest of the day. Well, we Americans have just been fed a live toad by the World Trade Organization.
November's Enormous, Humongous Trade Deficit Continued Economic Damage
This enormous, humongous trade deficit sucked a quarter of a percent from quarterly economic growth and will continue to drag down job prospects, wages and living standards.
Progressive Breakfast
Progressive Presidential Forum In Iowa Saturday Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement hosts 'Real People Ready for Real Solutions' Issues Summit in Des Moines Saturday morning, followed by a CCI Action “Putting Families First” Presidential Forum, "not to hear their...
The Infrastructure Cure For The Economy
The economy suffers from lack of demand. How do you increase demand in an economy? With jobs that pay well. How do you get jobs to pay well? Maintain our infrastructure.
