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The New Populism Driving the National Debate
A populist energy in gaining strength in America, mobilizing more and more citizens on the ground, and beginning to challenge the limits of the debate in the Democratic Party. Already the presidential race is affected.
Wingnut Week In Review: Discrimination Doesn’t Pay
This week, wingnuts tried to frighten Americans into believing that gays were going to take away their religious freedom, and learned — in Indiana, Arkansas, and a few other states — that those old tricks don’t work anymore.
Indiana Toll Road: Privatization's Highway to Hell
The Indiana Toll Road is an infinite loop through the neoliberal world order, the mirror of a recursive economy in which every step toward corporatization creates more hardship – which calls for more privatization.
March Jobs Report: Nothing to Celebrate
The March jobs report disappointed. The economy slowed. Pundits will blame it on the weather. But one thing is clear: This is no time for the Fed to be thinking about stepping on the brakes. We're already going too slow.
Progressive Breakfast
BREAKING: Job Growth Weakens In March Monthly net new jobs drops below 200,000. NYT: "The labor market’s yearlong streak of robust monthly job creation was broken on Friday with the Labor Department’s report that employers added just 126,000 workers in March, a marked...
Resistance To Standardized Testing Not Going Away
Rollouts of new tests in practically every state are prompting widespread opposition. Journalists aren’t describing the resistance well but make no mistake; it really is 'something big'
Progressive Breakfast
McDonald's Offers 89 Cents McDonald's raises its minimum wage, sort of. W. Post: "McDonald's will raise its minimum wage to an average of $9.90 by July 1, up from $9.01, in advance of a planned wave of strikes on April 15 ... The move will cover roughly 90,000 people...
Populism 2015: Citizens Insist On Trade Deals That Work For All Of Us
Everyone gets that past "free" trade deals rigged the rules against working people. Stopping new trade deals from making things worse is one part of the populist movement rebelling against extreme economic inequality.
Obama's Climate Pledge: Is It Enough?
President Obama's pledge is based on programs already in the works that don't need approval from a Republican Congress. More effort – and a new Congress – will eventually be needed to avert a climate crisis.
Four Charts With What Everyone Should Know About the Student Debt Crisis
If the word “crisis” seems dramatic to you, you haven't been paying attention. The Federal Reserve recently released new data on student debt, and it shows that the situation is even worse than many people realized.
