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Scott Wallace on The Key To Building A Climate Movement
Scott Wallace of the Wallace Global Fund, who will be honored at the Campaign for America's Future 2015 Awards Gala, explains his success in driving the global conversation on climate change.
Campbell Brown’s Dark Money And The War On Teachers' Unions
Why did Democratic Party presidential candidates skip a forum hosted by ex-CNN anchor Campbell Brown, who operates a media outlet that promotes charter schools and other education policies favored by the rich?
The Morality of a $15 Minimum
Maybe some jobs are worth risking if a strong moral case can be made for a $15 minimum. That moral case is that no one should be working full time and still remain in poverty.
People who work full time are fulfilling their most basic soci
The Dem Debate Was Good For The Country. Let's Have More Of Them
The first debate was great for the country, the party – and candidate Hillary Clinton. So how about we stop the nonsense and schedule plenty more of them.
Progressive Breakfast
Sanders To Defend Democratic Socialism Sanders plans major speech on democratic socialism. W. Post: "'I think we have some explaining and work to do,' the Vermont senator told an audience at a house party here in the nation’s first caucus state, acknowledging that the...
Why Won't The Republican Candidates Disown the Republican Congress?
If no leading Republican can stand up to the most extreme right-wing faction of the party now, don't be surprised if voters conclude that a Republican president would let the House Freedom Caucus run wild.
Wingnut Week In Review: Wingnuts Talk Back To Democrats’ Debate
On Tuesday night, 15.3 million people tuned in to a sane, rational Democratic presidential debate. Nobody remembered to bring the crazy to the Dem’s debate. So, wingnuts brought enough for everybody.
Obama Should Make Corporations Disclose Their Political Spending
“Regulatory capture” happens when an agency acts in the interests of those it is supposed to regulate instead of the public. The Securities and Exchange Commission appears to be one such “captured” agency.
Progressive Breakfast
Dems Draw Line At Retirement Security "Democrats rule out entitlement changes in budget talks" reports Politico: "The declaration effectively limits the scope of the budget talks to a small-ball deal to fund the government for one year, possibly two. Republican...
Sanders and Clinton: How Change Comes
The Democratic debate revealed dramatically different views between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton on this central question: How the devil do we get the changes we need in the face of Republican obstruction?
