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Fair Trade Is a Racial Justice Issue
Another reason to oppose fast-tracking the Trans-Pacific Partnership: The struggle in towns like Ferguson, Mo., to overcome racial and economic barriers is hard enough without another wrong-headed trade pact.
Progressive Breakfast
Budget Votes Loom House faces delicate budget votes this week. Politico: "Some Republican deficit hawks will vote against the budget resolution. But Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) — who heads the House Freedom Caucus, a group of roughly two dozen hard-line conservatives —...
The Populist Challenge: Moving On Up
Now the Boston Globe calls on Elizabeth Warren to run for president. A populist temper is spreading. People are looking for fundamental change, and that is driving the debate in the Democratic Party and the country.
Students Need Bail and Support After Protesting GOP Cuts to Pell Grants
U.S. Student Association activists disrupted a Senate budget hearing Wednesday to protest Pell Grant cuts in the GOP budget, as part of a movement for free college and student debt forgiveness.
Wingnut Week In Review: A Schocking Turn of Events
This week, the GOP representative whose name inspired almost as many puns as former Rep. Anthony Wiener, announced that he would resign from Congress, and avoid an ethics investigation.
A Platform for People and the Planet, and a Budget That Makes It Real
"Building a Movement for People and the Planet" was published this week by the Campaign for America's Future and National People's Action, coinciding with the release of the Progressive Caucus "People's Budget."
Progressive Breakfast
Republicans Move Towards Unity On Budget Senate Budget Committee advances budget in party-line vote. The Hill. "Before final approval, the panel accepted an amendment from Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) that increases the Pentagon’s war...
Social Security Reversal in Md. Senate Race: Six Lessons For Democrats
The Maryland Senate race has just begun, of course. But so far, it seems to point to the pitfalls of corporate “centrism” – and the promise of economic populism.
TPP Tradenado - Talking Trade On The Zero Hour
The title of the segment was “TPP Tradenado” and the topic was trade, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), fast-track trade authority and a new AstroTurf campaign supposedly from "progressives."
The Education Spring Goes To College
People with grievances about higher education policy differ in some important ways. But the unifying theme is the same – that We the People should be in control of our education destinies.
