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Progressive Presidential Forum Tomorrow "Saturday: Watch Live Video of the Iowa People’s Presidential Forum" urges OurFuture.org's Roger Hickey: "Since the Democratic National Committee seems to sponsor Democratic presidential debates only once in a blue moon,...
December Jobs Report: Island of Calm amid World's Tumult
The December Labor Department jobs report shows private sector jobs increased for a record 70th month. The question is how long this steady, slow growth can continue in a world in increasing turmoil.
"Bleeding-Heart," Or Just Bloody? The GOP Poverty Show
When you hear the rhetoric from the Jack Kemp Foundation's "Expanding Opportunity" forum Saturday, it pays to watch what conservatives have done to low-income people, not what they say.
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.
