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Walmart's Misleading Claims, Made In America
Walmart is aggressively highlighting its commitment to purchase an additional $250 billion worth of American-made goods by 2023. Here's how to avoid being fooled by the giant retailer’s rhetoric.
Much Worse In That Spending Bill Sidelined By Confederate Flag Dispute
The Interior appropriations bill would leave America’s rivers and lakes unprotected, and prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating carbon dioxide emissions.
Export-Import Bank Shut Down, China Gets The Business Instead
Republicans have shut down the Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank as of midnight, July 1. Germany, Japan, China and many other countries have similar agencies. Now they will be picking up that business.
Progressive Breakfast
Highway Bill Vexes Washington Sen. McConnell rules out gas hike, downplays repatriation, for highway trust fund. Politico: "'We’re not going to raise the gas tax,' McConnell said ... McConnell (R-Ky.) also said he was 'skeptical' about the prospect of using a...
Help Save Our Public Postal Service
A financial crisis is being engineered to get people complaining about the "slow, inefficient" Post Office. It's time for the public to demand that Congress act to end the crisis.
On Shark Week, Watch Out For These Financially Vicious Sharks
Loan sharks, in the form of payday lenders, claim more victims each minute than aquatic sharks do in a year. But unlike the shark attacks you see on Discovery Channel, there are surefire ways to prevent getting bitten.
Next Step in Fair Housing: Helping Families Live "Where They Can Thrive"
New Fair Housing Act regulations issued by the Department of Housing and Urban Development are designed to help communities receiving HUD funding to identify and reduce barriers to fair housing choices.
What Happens After The Confederate Flag Comes Down
South Carolina's Senate vote to remove the Confederate battle flag is an important first step towards honestly addressing our shared history, and the ways its legacy still haunts us 150 years after the end of the Civil War.
Progressive Breakfast
Glass-Steagall Bill Puts Hillary On Spot Sen. Warren re-introduces Glass-Steagall restoration, squeezing Hillary. The Hill: "It gives her challengers an issue showing daylight between themselves and Clinton ... Robert Borosage, co-director of the liberal Campaign For...
Enormous, Humongous May Trade Deficit Slows Economy
Our enormous, humongous trade deficit is a measure of how many jobs, factories, companies and industries we are losing to our pro-Wall Street trade policies.
