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Trade Deficit = Slower Economy = Fewer Jobs = Baltimore
There is a direct relationship between our enormous, humongous and ongoing trade deficit and the lack of jobs, blight and desperation that is so visible in cities like Baltimore.
Progressive Breakfast
Bernie Transforms Dem Primary Iowans welcome Bernie Sanders to the race. Des Moines Register: "Sanders, a no-frills man of the people, will be welcome in the presidential race becaucharse he's so sincere about his ideas for making working-class Americans' lives...
The Sanders Challenge
Sen. Bernie Sanders will run a full-throated, uncompromised populist campaign for the presidency. That will test not the popularity of the populist message, but the strength of the populist movement.
'Raise The Wage' Bill Gets Support, While The Fight for $15 Continues
Several progressive organizations are lining up today in support of the Raise the Wage bill introduced by Sen. Patty Murray and Rep. Robert Scott. Meanwhile, Fight for $15 activists plan their next action.
Sanders Gets In
The race for the Democratic nomination for president was transformed today as populist stalwart Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders announced his candidacy. In a populist moment, Sanders is the real deal.
When Pushing A Jobs Agenda, It's OK To Use This F-Word
Voters support a role for the federal government "in ensuring that every person who wants to work has a job and a good standard of living," according to a report by pollster Celinda Lake.
Progressive Breakfast
Bernie Announces Sen. Bernie Sanders tells the Associated Press he's running for president in the Democratic primary: "People should not underestimate me. I've run outside of the two-party system, defeating Democrats and Republicans, taking on big-money candidates...
Writing The New Rules For The 21st Century – In Secret?
With fast track, We the People of the United States of America don't get to know what's in TPP until some time after Congress pre-approves it.
The Kochs Can't Buy The Pope
The Kochs can't buy the Pope, but presumably they have some members of Congress on retainer. Still, perhaps the Pope can turn at least one Republican away from oil and coal patrons.
Black Students Feeling Especially Crushed By Student Debt
African-American students are more likely to take on education debt than their white, Latino, or Asian-American peers, and thus they suffer more of the negative effects. The Middle Class Prosperity Project explores the problem.
