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Must Watch – Warren's Warning About The Coming Corporate Tax Giveaway
If there was ever an Elizabeth Warren speech to see, it is this one: The Massachusetts senator warns about what is happening with the coming corporate tax reform fight and why we should be paying attention.
An Economy That Works For Everyone Starts With Women
The good news is that the gender pay gap has closed a little. The bad news is it's not because women's wages are up, but men's wages are down. A new EPI report points the way to an economy that works for all, starting with women.
How A Supreme Court Case Puts Equality in the Workplace At Stake
An adverse ruling in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association "would undermine one of the most successful vehicles" for providing equal opportunity for American workers, rights organizations tell the Supreme Court.
The Sad Story Of Bobby Jindal
Jindal could have been the face of a modern Republican Party: racially diverse, factually based, mathematically literate, governmentally competent. Instead, he epitomizes a "stupid party" he claimed to reject.
Progressive Breakfast
Sanders Adjusts After Debate Sanders increases focus on foreign policy. The Hill: "He opened his Monday night rally in Cleveland with 10 minutes touching on foreign policy, a rare departure from his typical stump speech. He dug in on his support for accepting...
The Right-Wing Response to Paris is Everything Terrorists Could Want
The right-wing response to the Paris terror attacks is predictably hysterical, racist and xenophobic. In other words, it's the best recruitment device that ISIS could ask for.
What About Beirut?
What is it about the people in Beirut – and Baghdad and Syria and so many other places under attack by ISIS – that makes them somehow different from Parisians, and less worthy of our attention, empathy and solidarity?
The Terrible Legacy of Unenforced Trade Laws
The U.S. aluminum industry is desperate for relief from a flood of illegally subsidized imports from China. Thousands of American aluminum workers would still be employed if the U.S. enforced trade regulations.
Shake Off Those Charter Chains
Cartoonist Mark Fiore's latest video is a satirical look at the deeply serious issue of corporate charter school chains and their campaign to drain resources from public schools for their own bottom line.
Progressive Breakfast
Clinton Tries To Tamp Down Fundraiser Fallout Clinton campaign recasts 9/11 comment. WSJ: "Asked about her 9/11 remarks, Press Secretary Brian Fallon said that she was offering one explanation for why she worked on Wall Street’s behalf ... 'To suggest that she of all...
