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So Washington’s Stuck. Here’s How We’re Moving Ahead
Recent developments around the country raise the question of whether we are beginning to see the slow, early, inchoate, piece-by-piece emergence of a new progressive period.
Progressive Breakfast
Bernie Shakes Up Race Bernie Sanders kicks off campaign in Vermont. AP: "'With your support and the support of millions of people throughout this country, we begin a political revolution to transform our country economically, politically, socially and...
Tracking the Progress of the Progressive Agenda
As we address income inequality, the Fight for $15 shows us that we can reach seemingly unachievable goals. It tells us that we must not let others determine the limits of the politically possible.
Stop Calling the TPP a Trade Agreement - It Isn't
The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a corporate/investor rights agreement, not a "trade" agreement. "Trade" is a good thing; TPP is not. Using the word "trade" in association with TPP is helping the other side.
Forced Trade
America's deeply flawed trade policy is based on the philosophy that workers and the retired should be forced to suffer to facilitate the rich getting richer.
Progressive Breakfast
Bernie Rallies In Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders holds first presidential campaign rally today. USA Today: "At 5 p.m. ET, Sanders expects to stand on public land he fought for in the 1980s as he announces his presidential ambitions — while spectators munch Ben &...
Populists Are Driving the Ideas Primary
Big money speaks loudly in the money primary. But populists are driving the ideas primary, particularly among Democrats. And the president is discovering the effects in the debate over fast track and trade deals.
Wingnut Week In Review: Duggar Family Values Edition
This week, two right-wingers who portrayed themselves as exemplars of virtue and regularly lectured Americans on “family values” proved to be far from “pure” themselves.
Gallup Poll Finds Liberalism Ascendent, Conservatism In Decline
On economic issues, the gap between conservatives and liberals is lower today than at any point since 1999, Gallup finds. More striking is the change in ideological identification on social issues.
Progressive Breakfast
Bipartisan Coalition Breaks Progressive Fast Track Filibuster Fast track filibuster broken after Ex-Im Bank deal. The Hill: "Obama sought to help his own cause by calling [Sen. Maria] Cantwell during the vote in the Democratic cloakroom ... Obama promised to press...
