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Republicans Roiled By Controversies "Republican Presidential Contenders Largely Back Kentucky Clerk" reports Time: "Most of the candidates have strongly backed Rowan County clerk Kim Davis, who was jailed Thursday after defying a U.S. District judge’s order to issue...
Jobs and the Action We Need
The jobs report released today will stoke the debate over whether the Fed should hike interest rates. But the real deal is that wages are still declining. And we need Congress to act, not the Fed.
Enormous, Humongous July Trade Deficit, Even Before China Devaluation
These numbers do not reflect China's big currency devaluation, which happened in August. That is sure to drive the trade deficit higher.
How Not To Give Employees A Raise
Paying to get good behavior would reward bad behavior, completely absolving CEOs and wealthy shareholders of their guilt in creating today’s gross inequality.
Why The Fight For Dyett High School Is A Fight For Democracy
Twelve members of a coalition to save a local, public school in Chicago, Dyett High School, are in the 17th day of a hunger strike. Here’s why their local grievances deserve national concern
Emmett, Trayvon, Freddie, and Sandra
Sixty years ago Emmett Till was killed for daring to assert his humanity. Today, too many African Americans are still being killed for doing the same.
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Graham Brings Back Simpson-Bowles Sen. Lindsey Graham tries to resurrect Simpson-Bowles. USA Today: "... the group’s final product — a politically toxic combination of tax increases, spending cuts and reforms to entitlement programs like Social Security — is the...
End the Great American Drug Heist
This week, presidential contender Bernie Sanders called for an end to the obscene rules that force Americans to pay the highest prices for prescription drugs in the world. He got that right.
Greening America’s Energy Workforce
The solar and wind industries are generating new jobs. With strategic support and public-private cooperation, thousands of unemployed oil workers and coal miners could potentially land wind and solar jobs.
More Proof Workers Are More Productive But Less Rewarded
Worker productivity in the second quarter of 2015 was better than expected, according to data released today, but a report underscores how little of the gains are shared by productive workers.
