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Wingnut Week In Review: The Truth Hurts
Things got ugly this week, when Fox News anchor Shep Smith told the truth about Kentucky county clerk, and anti-gay theocrat, Kim Davis. The truth hurts, and wingnuts didn’t like it one bit.
Trump Won't Solve The Student Debt Crisis. He's Part of the Problem
Of all of the presidential candidates, none are in a better position to understand the role for-profit colleges play in driving student debt upward than Donald Trump.
Now the Justice Department Admits They Got it Wrong
This week's statement that the Justice Department will seek prosecutions of individual bankers engaged in fraud promises to reverse its greatest strategic failure against elite white-collar crime.
Progressive Breakfast
Biden Moves Up In CNN Poll Dem race tightens in national CNN poll: "The new poll finds Clinton with 37% support among Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters, down 10 points since August, followed by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders at 27% and Vice President Joe Biden at...
NEWS FLASH: Labor Membership Boosts Incomes, Families And Economy
Areas with higher union membership demonstrate more mobility for low-income children. Which Democratic presidential candidates will come out in favor of strong laws and regulations to advance labor rights?
University of California's Perma-Temp Problem
The controversy over UC’s use of thousands of contract workers who earn low wages with few, if any, benefits has taken center stage amid escalating national concern over income inequality.
A Crisis of Public Morality, Not Private Morality
America’s problems have nothing to do with what happens in bedrooms. Our problems have everything to do with what occurs in boardrooms, and whether corporations and wealthy individuals are allowed to undermine our democracy.
Court Ruling That Charter Schools Aren’t 'Public' Is No Surprise
Operating under the mask of being purely ‘public,’ charter schools haven’t faced the scrutiny they warrant. Now, the Washington state Supreme Court ruling has stripped the mask away.
Why Can't Republicans Accept Reality On Iran?
Those watching the juvenile tactics on the House floor may ask themselves who they would rather handle our delicate foreign policy matters: those who accept reality or those who don't.
Bernie The Frontrunner? Sen. Bernie Sanders edges ahead in Quinnipiac Iowa poll. Time: "The Vermont senator is favorite among 41% of Iowa likely Democratic participants, compared with 40% supporting the former Secretary of State ... 'Sanders has seized the momentum by...
