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13 Questions: About Greece, Europe, Austerity – and Us
Every day brings more headlines in the European debt drama. What's behind it? What does the future hold? Are there any implications for the United States? Here's an overview of the situation as it currently stands.
California, 'State of Inequality': Series Tackles Growing Wealth Gap
The website Capital & Main launches a month-long expose on how rampant inequality in California is leaving nearly everyone behind. The series hopes to inform the national progressive movement for economic reform.
Reality vs. Conservatism: Conservatism Loses, Again.
The core conservative "freedom" argument that that government is illegitimate and we should all rely on our own "personal responsibility" came up against reality in the last few days. Conservatism lost.
How One Item In President Obama's 2016 Budget Hurts Older Americans
Raising Medicare deductibles buys into the philosophy that it’s OK to tax older Americans (make them pay more) and keep them from getting care if they are unable to afford the Medicare deductible or the copays.
Progressive Breakfast
Both Parties Struggle With Populism 529 reform backlash ominous sign for populist Dems, argues NYT's Thomas Edsall: "If such a simple and straightforward proposal as the shift of government dollars from affluent families to far less advantaged families scraping to pay...
Needed: A Bold Left to Challenge Government Downsizing
We've accepted the downsizing of government without a struggle, and that needs to change. That means reclaiming the voice and spirit of an independent left, without fear or apology.
Anti-Science, Anti-Social Conservatism Makes Us Sick
America is in the middle of a measles outbreak, and conservatives are rushing to embrace the anti-vaccine movement. That anti-science, anti-social position is in line with conservatism’s rejection of responsibility to the greater community.
Populist Movement's "Ground Zero": The Effort To Reclaim Chicago
In the broader struggle for the soul of the Democratic Party, Chicago is ground zero. A movement called "Reclaim Chicago" is leading a independent political effort to upend the corporate rule of Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
Austerity for the Other Guy
Workers were the victims of austerity’s slashed public services, wages and jobs. Those demanding austerity – the 1 percent - and those imposing it - conservative politicians - escaped its bitter effects with shields of cash.
Four Bogus Attacks On The Obama Budget, Debunked
Are congressional Republicans ready to have an honest debate between to competing budgetary visions for America? Nope. Just bogus attacks that try to kick up enough sand so we can't have an honest debate.
