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Progressive Coalition Supports Crackdown On Retirement Advisers
Workers lose an estimated $17 billion in retirement savings a year because financial advisers have incentives to put their financial interests ahead of their customers'. A proposed regulation would address that.
People-Powered Campaign Pushes Back Against "Mayor 1 Percent"
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel had everything going for him that an incumbent could hope for, but a populist uprising forced him into a run-off, in a re-election campaign he was almost certain to win.
Is The SEC Defying Dodd-Frank Law On Pay-Ratio Rule?
The 2010 Dodd-Frank law directs the SEC to require public companies to disclose the "pay ratio" between their CEO and median employees. Five years later the SEC still will not do this. Is the SEC simply defying the law?
Why Elizabeth Warren's 'Middle Class Prosperity Project' Matters
Could this project, using Warren's distinctive voice, help progressives present a bold alternative not only to destructive conservative policies but the Band-Aids and incremental measures of mainstream Democrats?
Dumb And Dumber In The Republican House Education Bill
The bill, the Student Success Act, was written completely by Republicans, passed through committee without any Democratic support, and has already drawn strong opposition from the Obama administration and others.
Progressive Breakfast
Republicans Turn On Each Other McConnell prepared to offer a "clean" bill to fund Homeland Security. The Hill: "McConnell said he would be willing to vote on the clean measure before considering a separate bill that would prohibit the administration from implementing...
Obama's Trans-Pacific Partnership Promises Echo Clinton's On NAFTA
Supporters promise TPP will have protections that will prevent more jobs from being lost due to overseas trade. We've heard those promises before. Look carefully at the record and you'll know why you can't trust those promises now.
Tipped Workers Score A Victory In New York In Fight For Better Pay
Today's order from the New York state Hospitality Wage Board follows years of protest and campaigning by low-wage workers throughout the state, who have not seen an increase in the tipped wage since 2011.
The GOP Can’t Run From Giuliani’s Hateful Rhetoric
Republicans can’t run from Rudy Giuliani’s hateful rhetoric about President Obama’s patriotism, because the party's right-wing base won’t let them. This is who they are.
GOP: Defeat "Radical Islam" ... After We Shut Down Homeland Security
Republicans, who want you to think they take terrorism more seriously than President Obama because they like to say "radical Islam," are playing games with the money to protect us from terrorist attacks.
