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Fast Track Procedural Vote Tomorrow Full court press from WH before Tuesday fast track vote. NYT: "...after lobbying members of Congress in a campaign that has included rides on Air Force One, meetings in the West Wing, private vows of political support and public...
For Infrastructure Week, A Progressive Call To Action
Progressive populists are going to have to get loud and get active – and this is a good week to do so. An adequately and honestly funded infrastructure plan is essential to a “jobs for all” agenda.
Senate Fast Track Vote Tuesday - Where Is Clinton?
Fast track essentially pre-approves the secret Trans-Pacific Partnership. With a vote coming as soon as Tuesday Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has not yet spoken out for or against fast track.
Wingnut Week In Review: What’s The Matter With Texas?
They say everything’s bigger in Texas, and it looks like that applies to right-wing freak-outs, too. Things in the Lone Star State have gotten so loony that every former Texas governor Rick Perry can’t make sense of it.
The President's Trade Speech At Nike Prompts A Simple Question
Nike manufactures in Vietnam, and profits from Vietnamese workers being paid little and having few rights. If what the President says is true, then why would Nike be for it?
Celebrating the Flash Crash with a Wall Street Sales Tax
This week marks the fifth anniversary of the Flash Crash; when the stock market lost almost 9 percent of its value from its opening level, within 5 minutes. The market quick recovered, but the crash revealed its extraordinary instability.
A Trans-Pacific Partnership For the 1 Percent
What do corporate chiefs want out of the latest global trade talks? A veto over government decisions that complicate their profiteering. Will they get that veto? Labor analyst Thea Lee sees reasons they just might not.
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BREAKING: Jobs Up, Wages Flat 223K new jobs in April. NYT: "The American job market rebounded in April, the government said Friday, as employers added 223,000 positions and the unemployment rate decreased to 5.4 percent ..." But austerity still holding us back, says...
Jobs Report: We're Still Feeling The Effects of Austerity
As has been true for the past few months, you have to get below the sunny top lines of the April jobs report to get the real story: We're still have a slack labor market, and right-wing austerity is the cause.
Bring Back Free College – And Cancel Debt for the "In-Betweeners"
As we move to restore the American idea of free public higher education, let's not forget the 41 million Americans who were burdened with $1.3 trillion in the few short decades when our nation lost sight of it.
