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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.
Do Voters Back White House Plan For Highway Funding? Don't Be So Sure
If the goal was to determine if voters back "the White House plan" for highway funding through corporate tax relief, the pollsters didn't ask the right question. Here's what they should have asked.
There’s Always Money for the Boss
After President Obama proposed making more workers eligible for overtime, the National Retail Federation said “there’s no magic pot of money” to pay overtime. There is, however, always a big fat magic pot of money to pay CEOs.
Progressive Breakfast
Europe Presses Greece Greek PM and new finance minister meet with European counterparts today. AP: "As the Greek leader readied proposals to restart bailout talks, the situation was complicated by the European Central Bank’s refusal late Monday to increase assistance...
Greeks Seek Hope; European Central Bank and Berlin Say No Basis for Deal
The Greek crisis deepens. The European Bank refuses the aid needed to reopen Greek banks. Germany's Angel Merkel sees no basis for a new deal. The full catastrophe grows nearer.
O'Malley's Welcome Words on Mass Incarceration Don't Rewrite the Record
Presidential candidate Martin O’Malley calls for police reform but remains unapologetic about policing practices that led to the incarceration of thousands of black people in Baltimore for often petty infractions.
Tell Obama and Congress to Stop the Squeeze on Greece
A petition launched today calls on President Obama and Congress to urge the European Central Bank to support the Greek banking system while negotiations continue toward "a fair agreement" for the Greek people.
The Choice Ahead: A Private Health-Insurance Monopoly or a Single Payer
If we continue in the direction we’re headed we’ll soon have a health insurance system dominated by two or three mammoth for-profit corporations capable of squeezing employees and consumers for all they’re worth.
