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What's Behind All Those "Violent Crime Increasing" Stories?
The media have been reporting a sharp increase in murders across America's cities. Is the story entirely accurate? And where violent crime problems exist, what's the cause and what can be done?
Progressive Breakfast
Pressure For More Dem Debates NH Democratic Party convention heckles DNC chair. The Hill: "Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz repeatedly attempted on Saturday to quiet an audience of 4,000 ... she interrupted her prepared remarks on at...
What Will Pope Francis Say This Week?
Pope Francis arrives in America on Tuesday, meets with President Obama on Wednesday, addresses Congress on Thursday and the United Nations on Friday. But no one knows exactly what he wants to accomplish.
Wingnut Week In Review: Clockmaker
A 14-year-old high school freshman and budding scientist build his own clock, and brought it to school to show his teacher. Instead, he got arrested, and wingnuts lost their minds. Because he was Muslim, of course.
Seattle Teachers’ Strike A Win For Social Justice
Striking teachers in Seattle appear to have been victorious in getting most of their demands met – because their demands were undoubtedly in the best interests of the students.
Just What Are Hillary Clinton's Accomplishments?
Hillary Clinton has four major accomplishments from her tenure as Secretary of State: the Libyan UN resolution, the New START treaty, renewing diplomatic ties with Myanmar and setting in motion the Iran Deal.
Progressive Breakfast
Fiorina Gets a Closer Look Carly Fiorina would be a worse candidate than Romney, says NYT's Timothy Egan: "...she’s a terrible candidate in the age of income inequality and a battered middle class. Mitt Romney was pummeled for investing in companies that close...
The Republican Foreign Policy Consensus: Lunacy
This weeks' GOP presidential debate displayed candidates who not only scorn all things Obama, but brandish foreign policy postures so unhinged from reality they made Donald Trump sound reasonable.
The Fed Gets It Right. Now Let's Move to Full Employment
The Federal Reserve took off the table the immediate fear that a rate hike would set in motion a slowing down of economic growth. But there's a longer-term issue of reclaiming the definition of "full employment"
Sanders, Grijalva, Ellison, Rush Introduce Bills Banning Private Prisons
Private prisons with a profit incentive to put more and more people in jail? Lobbyists exerting influence against releasing prisoners so their companies can make more money? Can you believe that?
