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Why Republicans Won't Nominate Their Governors To Be President
Republicans used to brag about their "deep bench" of governors, diligently solving problems in contrast to the dysfunction happening in Washington. No more. They've been eclipsed by Trump, Carson and Fiorina.
Sen. Brown Blocking Trade Nominee Over TPP Secrecy
Legislators are busy people and must travel. Requiring them to be present while staffers who are versed in trade legalese examine the text of TPP is a way of keeping legislators and their staff from knowing what is in the agreement.
The Fraud of the New “Family-Friendly” Work
Employers treat replaceable workers as costs to be cut, not as assets to be developed. Replaceable workers almost never get paid family leave, they get a few paid sick days, and barely any vacation time.
Progressive Breakfast
Trump Plan Attacks Immigration Donald Trump issues first position paper on immigration. NYT: "[Trump] called for a wall to be built along the southern border [funded] largely through increasing fees on border movement between the United States and Mexico ... Mr....
This Symphony Sounds Like a Wall Street Scheme
"Symphony" is a chat system that claims it would would prevent government spying for Wall Street. This is why it's important to ask exactly what that means.
In Praise of Julian Bond
America lost a giant and CAF lost a friend when Julian Bond passed away this weekend at the age of 75. His piercing intellect, eloquent voice, and puckish humor will be sorely missed. He made America better.
Julian Bond: Race Man, Poet, Movement-Builder -- and Friend
By the time Julian Bond was 20 years old, he had helped lead the Atlanta sit-in movement, and he had left the academic life of Morehouse College to help found the legendary Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
When Artists Cultivated FDR's Four Freedoms
World War II ended 70 years ago this past weekend. Americans in all their diversity fought for the Four Freedoms – Freedom of speech and worship, Freedom from want and fear – and did so in diverse ways. All are worth remembering today.
How Can We Fight Currency Manipulation To Regain Jobs?
China's currency rate has been plunging. Is China setting the rate or are they letting "the market" set the rate? And since a low Chinese currency rate takes business away from the United States what can we do about it?
The Smoke and Mirrors Behind Balanced-Budget Rhetoric
When Republican governors promise to bring their budget-balancing skills to Washington, it is worth knowing that those skills involve number-fudging and willful blindness.
