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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.
Reading 150 Years Of "The Nation:" An Interview with D.D. Guttenplan
150 ago today, "The Nation" magazine was born. Today, "The Nation: A Biography (The First 150 Years)" is published. The author D.D. Guttenplan shares his thoughts on reading 150 years of history through the lens of the left.
Progressive Breakfast
Eyes On Germany After Greek Vote Greece delivers resounding "No" vote, rejecting European bailout terms. NYT: "The no votes carried virtually every district in the country, handing a sweeping victory to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, a leftist who came to power in...
The Greeks Say No
The Greeks have refused to accept the harsh punishment that Europe prescribed for them. Europe's effort to topple the Syriza government has failed. Now Europe must decide how it will react to the voice of democracy.
