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Saturday's Democratic Debate: Does 9/11 Justify Wall Street Donations?
The major story coming out of the debate was candidate Hillary Clinton's invoking of 9/11 to justify her Wall Street speaking fees and campaign contributions.
Wingnut Week In Review: Tempest in a Coffee Cup
Does it seem like the “War on Christmas” comes earlier every year? ’Tis barely the season yet, and this week wingnuts are seeing red about Starbuck’s decidedly minimalist holiday cups.
This Postal Banking Petition Is Important
Traditional banks have abandoned communities, leaving people stranded. Postal banking serves the public, not Wall Street. We could have postal banking right now, if enough of the public speaks up and demands it.
Progressive Breakfast
Million Student March Against Student Debt Students are more than 100 colleges protest student debt yesterday. USAToday: "College students across the country rallied Thursday to protest student debt at the Million Student March ... Among their demands: cancellation of...
The “New Democrats” Confront a New Reality
Once again, Third Way and its allies are misreading the economic and political moment. If their influence continues to wane, perhaps one day Americans can stop paying the price for their ill-conceived agenda.
Donald Trump Was Correct About TPP And China
When talking about trade and the Trans-Pacific Partnership, Donald Trump was correct about China: "The TPP ... is a deal that is going to lead to nothing but trouble."
Republicans Can't Get Their Climate Story Straight
In Tuesday's Republican presidential debate, both Senator Rand Paul and former Governor Jeb Bush tried to offer a new Republican approach to climate, and both got tied up in knots.
The Big Education Fight In The Democratic Party
The conventional wisdom supporting the market competition of charter schools is being questioned, this time from the most unlikely source – presidential candidate Hillary Clinton
Yellow Canaries and Middle-Aged White Men
Startling new data from the National Academy of Sciences suggest that extreme inequality may be exacting a much steeper price – on our health – than we’ve up to now expected.
Progressive Breakfast
Colorado May Go Single-Payer Colorado to have 2016 ballot initiative establishing single-payer. Politico: "Supporters, who won approval this week for a 2016 ballot measure after securing nearly 110,000 signatures deemed valid, will sell the overhaul as an Obamacare...
