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Making Black Lives Matter Means Making Serious Changes
The release of the video of Laquan McDonald’s death, and the murder charges against the Chicago police officer who killed him show how much has changed since Ferguson, and how much still needs to change.
Now Vietnam Thumbs Nose At TPP's Unenforcable Labor Provisions
With the Trans-Pacific Partnership now public, "foreign-owned companies" illegally fire workers who will be making less than $7 a day. Workers are harassed, arrested and beaten if they try to organize to improve their lives.
What Thanksgiving Stories Share: Welcoming the Stranger
With so many voices urging us not to embrace refugees fleeing the terror of ISIS, it is fitting to remember a common thread that connects the stories of the first Europeans who set foot on America's shores.
Teacher Evaluations Fall Off The Education 'Reform' Agenda
Hillary Clinton recently shook up the education policy world when she challenged one of the pillars of the education establishment: the linking of teachers' job evaluations and pay to how students perform on standardized tests.
Progressive Breakfast
Bernie Goes Big On Immigration Sanders proposes his own immigration executive action. W. Post: "...he would take executive action to allow undocumented immigrants who’ve been in the United States for at least five years to stay in the country without fear of being...
What Your Right-Wing Brother-In-Law Might Say Thursday
Here are some of the things you are likely to hear from your Fox-watching right-wing brother-in-law at the Thanksgiving table Thursday. Brace yourself.
One Year Later: Still No Justice For Tamir Rice
One year ago, Cleveland, Ohio police shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice within two seconds of encountering him. There is still no justice for Rice and his family. If the prosecutor has his way there will be no justice for Tamir Rice.
One Percenters Stuff Their Pumpkin Pie Holes
One percenters who feast on $45,000 Thanksgiving meals have launched a new assault on workers: a lawsuit called Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association. Winning would enable the 1 percent to gorge themselves all the more.
Here's One Way To Salvage Congress' Poor Transportation Jobs Bill
The six-year surface transportation bill Congress is now hammering out contains both inadequate funding and bad policy. But there is an opportunity to boost a popular program that was a key tool in the 2009 stimulus.
Progressive Breakfast
Pfizer Merger Prompts Tax Reform Talk Dem candidates oppose Pfizer merger. The Hill: "The $160 billion deal, announced Monday, would be the largest-ever corporate inversion ... Clinton said that in the coming weeks she will 'propose specific steps to prevent these...
