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How Banks Did More Damage To Baltimore Than Rioters
The congressional Middle Class Prosperity Project went to Baltimore this week to examine the impact financial deregulation had on Baltimore's low-income neighborhoods.
Social Security 10 Years From Now: A Choice of Two Futures
I was asked by The Huffington Post to predict what Social Security might look like 10 years from now. That future is filled with both possibility and shadowed by danger.
Ben Carson’s 13 Craziest Beliefs
In an increasingly crowded field, Republican presidential candidates and hopefuls are struggling to stand out, but Ben Carson stands out for all the wrong reasons.
Progressive Breakfast
High Noon For Fast Track Vote Suspense thick before Senate procedural vote on fast-track today. The Hill: "...with most Democrats now demanding that all four trade bills — fast-track, TAA, a customs enforcement bill and a package of trade preferences for African...
Trade Abuse
America is in an abusive relationship with trade-obsessed politicians and corporations. Trade has killed U.S. factories, jobs and communities. No more fast-tracking abusive trade deals.
Obama vs. Warren On Trade: Behind the Charge She's Just 'a Politician'
President Obama says that Senator Elizabeth Warren is expressing concerns about TPP because she is a politician. Politicians listen to their voters and know this vote will be remembered like the Iraq War vote was remembered.
You Don't Have To Sell Your Soul To Pay For Infrastructure
Anti-government conservative ideologues and their big-business benefactors have an interest in convincing people that privatization, privatization-lite and breaks for tax evaders are the only options worth discussing.
Social Conservatism Isn't Dead, Part XXIV
Is this country is based on religion? Millions of our fellow Americans believe it is. They aren't going to change because somebody on TV says "demographics" require them to. They will fight for their worldview. So don't write them off.
Nike, Obama, and the Fiasco of the Trans-Pacific Partnership
On Friday, President Obama chose Nike headquarters in Oregon to deliver a defense of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. It was an odd choice of venue. Nike isn’t the solution to the problem of stagnant wages in America. Nike is the problem.
The Warning For US Republicans In the UK Conservative Victory
Labour's Ed Miliband was unable to distance himself from the last Labour government that voters had rejected. In other words, voters had long memories. That's what should worry Republicans in America.
