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Sanders Takes On Fed Sanders calls for Federal Reserve reform in NYT oped: "Banking industry executives must no longer be allowed to serve on the Fed’s boards and to handpick its members and staff." Both Sanders and Clinton camps say they might get out-fundraised. W....
The Country Is Moving Left
2015 marked a year of change in a progressive direction. And the country is solidly behind this move. Just look at Saturday’s (near-secret) Democratic debate.
Of Rotten Apples and Rotten Systems
Martin Shkreli, the former hedge-fund manager turned pharmaceutical CEO who was arrested last week, has been described as a sociopath. In reality, he’s a brasher version of what others in finance and corporate suites do all the time.
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America Moves Left America is moving left, argues The Atlantic's Peter Beinart: "That doesn’t mean the Republicans won’t retain strength in the nation’s statehouses and in Congress. It doesn’t mean a Republican won’t sooner or later claim the White House. It means...
The Important Education Issue Leaders Are Still Ignoring
The issue that remains mostly unaddressed in education policy is the massive under-funding of public schools. Most states provide less support per student for elementary and secondary schools than they did in 2008.
Joy to the Workers
In keeping with the figgy-pudding and potato latke traditions of the holidays, here’s a recipe for delivering joy to the workers so that they can spread holiday merriment:
Lack Of Public Options Shows How The Economy Gets Rigged Against Us
In a country with a Constitution beginning with the words, "We the People," should our economy work for all of us instead of just a few of us?
Donald Trump Didn't Invent Wingnut Putinphilia. He's Channeling It.
Trump understands the base of the GOP a lot better than Mitt Romney and the Sunday talking heads. These GOP base voters like Putin. Like so much else, Trump is just channeling an existing right wing phenomenon.
This Generation, Too, Has a Rendezvous with Destiny
It is time for you and your generation to transform this nation as Americans did in the 1770s – the 1860s – and the 1930s and 1940s – not to mention the 1960s. It is time for you to make America freer, more equal, and more democratic.
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Bernie Hits Big Fundraising Mark Sanders beats Obama fundraising record. NYT: "...Sanders’s campaign announced that he had outpaced Barack Obama’s record for the number of contributions in a presidential race, with more than 2.2 million donations. Mr. Obama’s record...
