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Federal Contractors Should Disclose Campaign Spending
For Independence Day President Obama should help Congress become independent of campaign contributions from federal contractors.
Can the 2016 Election be About Making it Work for American Families?
As election season heats up, it’s encouraging to see early childhood education getting serious attention. However, conversations about early childhood investments need to be ratcheted up a few notches.
Jobs Report: Flat Wages, Shrinking Workforce
The June jobs report shows more of the same: steady but slow jobs growth. Wages and hours were flat. The recovery continues but workers still are seeing few of the rewards.
Progressive Breakfast
Bernie Rocks Wisconsin Bernie Sanders holds biggest rally of the campaign to date. AP: "Sanders packed the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Madison, filling its 10,000 seats to show his bid to snatch the Democratic nomination from front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton...
I'm Endorsing and Volunteering for Bernie!
When I ended my third term as president of CWA, I pledged to help build the "movement of 50 million for economic justice and democracy." Today, I am endorsing Bernie Sanders for president and volunteering to help in his campaign.
Losing Their Grip
The Supreme Court’s affirmation of the right to marry and its rainbow-striped afterglow unleashed conservative tantrums. Why aren’t they making more noise about the string of fires destroying southern black churches?
Progressive Breakfast
Greece Goes Over The Edge Greece misses IMF payment. W. Post: "The $1.67 billion missed payment to the IMF was unlikely by itself to spur immediate problems for the global economy, since it affected only a government-backed institution, not private investors. But if...
Greece's Agonies, Europe's Shame
Greece is now on the brink. The referendum on July 5 offers Greek voters only a choice of calamities. The common narrative of this crisis is deeply misleading. Greece's failure is, in the end, Europe's shame.
Was Greece Lured Into "Strategic Deficits"?
The lender is supposed to evaluate risk and say no if the borrower is irresponsible, not complain later about the borrower being irresponsible. Are Greece's lenders bad at their job?
Five Things To Know About Chris Christie
It’s official. Chris Christie is running for president. The only reason for Christie’s run appears to be either his outsized ego or deep delusion about his chances of winning.
