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Will Social Security Decide Maryland's Senate Race?
It comes down to this question: Are these Democrats committed to ensuring that retired working people can live in dignity and financial security? That's become a litmus test for their commitment to the American majority.
Republicans Ignore the Message of Selma
Despite rumors that House Republican leadership would skip the 50th anniversary of Selma, several Republicans showed up, but missed the point so completely that they might as well have stayed at home.
Medicare Controls Costs While Private Insurers Sit Idly By (Part 1)
We hear a lot of talk from the health insurance industry about how hard it works to hold down health care costs, but that claim doesn’t stand up to scrutiny. The hard work is really being done by Uncle Sam.
Progressive Breakfast
Walker Signs Anti-Union Law Gov. Scott Walker signs "right to work" bill, then fundraises off of it. AP: "His sleeves rolled up and his suit jacket off, the Republican governor sat at a table with a banner that said 'Freedom to Work' as he signed the bill that makes...
Citizens United Is Making GOP Learn To Love Government Regulations
Republicans insisted it was a First Amendment principle to equate money with speech. Now they must contend with the Citizens United world they fought to create.
MSNBC Roundtable: What If Hillary Doesn't Run? [VIDEO]
Yesterday on MSNBC's "Up With Steve Kornacki," I discussed my recent POLITICO Magazine analysis "What If HIllary Bows Out?" Of course, the former Secretary is highly likely to run. But exploring the matter still has value.
Promote “Fair Markets,” Not “Free Markets”
To say the words “free markets” is to perpetuate a dangerous right-wing myth. There's no such thing. So promote “fair markets,” not free markets. We must reinforce the progressive concept, not the conservative one.
North Carolina Is Our Selma
In our state, the voter suppression law has been referred to as a Voter I.D. law, giving it an air of “common sense,” as our legislators like to say. It has done so much more to disenfranchise North Carolinians than require an I.D.
Progressive Breakfast
Labor Steps Up Effort To Block Fast-Track Labor "ramping up a spring offensive" to stop fast-track. The Hill: "Hundreds of members from the various groups canvassed Capitol Hill, bringing their anti-fast-track message to more than 100 congressional offices ... The...
How Our Trade Policies Kill Jobs
If people understood the trade deficit and the harm it does, they would demand that our politicians do something to fix it. And if that happened great things would happen for working people and our economy.
