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Are Unions An 'Us' Or A 'Them'?
Divide and conquer works. When you face a strong enemy it's good strategy to break them apart into smaller units that can be fought separately. Example: a state initiative to gut California's public-employee pensions does just that.
80 Years Later, Republicans Are Still Fighting Social Security
Republicans are still working to erode the public’s trust in Social Security, just as they did when GOP presidential candidate Alf Landon called it “a fraud on the workingman” in 1936.
Don't Let John Kasich Anywhere Near The U.S. Department Of Education
State governors can't always shape economic policy. But they own education policy lock, stock and barrel. The effect John Kasich has had on public education policy as governor of Ohio is especially atrocious.
Five Lessons for Democrats From the Black Lives Matter Protests
A growing, racial justice wing (best represented by the Dreamers and Black Lives Matter) is highly suspicious of both pro-business moderates and economic populists within the Democratic Party.
Talking Less and Listening More To Black Lives Matter Activists
White progressives have been flummoxed by Black Lives Matter protests at presidential candidate Bernie Sanders' campaign events. But if one considers the context, the strategy makes a lot of sense.
Why Corporations Would Love a 'Territorial' Tax – And You Shouldn't
One of the proposals gaining traction in Congress for fixing what everyone agrees is a broken tax system is switching to a territorial tax for corporations. Here’s what you need to know about how it works.
Progressive Breakfast
Hillary's Hybrid Student Loan Plan Hillary Clinton's student loan draws from Democratic and Republican sources. The Atlantic's Tyler Bishop: "Clinton’s plan includes much of [Sen. Elizabeth] Warren’s refinancing proposal ... [Sen. Lamar Alexander's] plan would have...
Those Republican Spending Caps Are Costing Us Jobs
The Congressional Budget Office said that by ending the sequester federal spending caps, the economy would be able to add as many as 1.4 million additional jobs in 2016 and 2017. We need those jobs.
Five Laws That Made America a Better Place
Over a seven-month period in 1965, Congress passed five significant laws that forever changed life in America. What Congress accomplished then puts today’s lawmakers to shame.
Republicans' Have A New Plan To Kill Government Employee Unions
Republicans have tried various tactics over the years to weaken or just get rid of unions, and that includes public employee unions. The latest scheme comes from the Senate.
