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Jeb Bush's Florida Education Plan Created Corruption and Chaos
As governor, Jeb Bush put South Florida squarely at the forefront of the charter school bonanza – and the rise of the charters as big business brought with it new and special forms of corruption and chaos.
Climate Crisis-Denying Australian Prime Minister Ousted By His Own Party
Two year ago, Australian voters delivered a warning by replacing the ruling Labor Party with right-wing Liberal Party leader Tony Abbott, who pledged to repeal Labor's carbon tax. Today, Australia delivers another message.
Progressive Breakfast
Bernie Goes To Heart Of Red America Bernie Sanders speaks at Liberty University today. NYT: "Mr. Sanders has acknowledged that his views on social issues, especially on same-sex marriage, are at odds with most of the Liberty students, but he says he hopes to find...
Stop Garnishing Social Security Benefits to Pay Student Debt
Many seniors' Social Security benefits are being garnished to continue to pay student loans they took out a lifetime ago. But student debt activists and seniors are now joining together to say “Enough!” Join us.
TPP Terms Are Even Worse For U.S. Than NAFTA?
NAFTA hit us hard; now it looks like TPP will hit us much, much harder. Something we still do in the US is being negotiated away so that executives can pocket even more of those lost wages for themselves.
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?
