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American Steel Hammered By Currency, Trade Policies, Infrastructure
The American steel industry is getting hammered, and not by American-made Kentucky Bourbon. Steel companies are laying off, and closing plants due to low-cost foreign imports.
Progressive Breakfast
Senate Approves Radical Right-Wing Budget Senate passes budget overnight. NYT: "The 52-46 vote came at 3:28 a.m. ... Now, Senate and House negotiators hope to take similar tax-and-spending plans and negotiate the first common congressional budget in a decade. Then...
Enriching CEOs, Endangering Cancer Patients
A new online petition drive is protesting the incredibly high prices that enormously overpaid pharmaceutical CEOs charge for cancer drugs.
Now We Know Why Huge TPP Trade Deal Is Kept Secret From The Public
The New York Times story on the contents of a leaked chapter of the TPP showed that it’s as bad as many of us feared: It would let firms "sue" governments for loss of "expected future profits." Let that sink in.
Senate Budget Votes Reveal The Same Old 'Party Of No'
The Senate today launched into what's known inside the Beltway as a "vote-a-rama." We already know how this drama ends when it comes to actions that would advance the goal of shared prosperity.
Black Unemployment Report Shows Why We Needed The People's Budget
Yesterday House Republicans passed a budget with no new funding for job creation. Today a new report on black unemployment shows the urgent need for investment in job creation.
Revisiting A Progressive Education Agenda: What's Happened Since?
Two years since we heard multiple calls for a progressive education agenda based on equity of opportunity, what we see instead is an education policy landscape mired in controversy and fraught with politics. What went wrong?
Progressive Breakfast
TPP Draft Leaks Classified TPP draft released by WIkileaks to NYT: "[The draft accord] would allow foreign corporations to sue the United States government for actions that undermine their investment 'expectations' and hurt their business ... Backers ... say that it...
Legal Action Could Hold McDonald's Accountable For Its Worker Standards
McDonald’s argues that it’s the franchisees, not the McDonald’s corporation, that are in control of the employment practices at each restaurant. That argument will be put to the test Monday.
Progressive Caucus Budget Defeated, But Wins Majority of Democrats
The People's Budget picked up 95 votes, a larger share of votes from the House Democratic caucus than its predecessors in previous years. Republicans, not surprisingly, were unanimous in opposition.
