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Grassroots Push Needed For Sanders' Infrastructure Bill
Flooded streets, broken bridges and overcrowded public transportation make the case for Sen. Bernie Sanders' $1 trillion spending plan. So do the 13 million jobs that the bill would create.
Greece Proves Populist Movements Can Fight And Win
After five years of protests, demonstrations, and strikes, Greek citizens voted to throw off five years of austerity. Their victory has emboldened populists across Europe and should inspire Americans to resist austerity here at home.
Protesters Disrupt Senate Fast Track Hearing
USTR Michael Froman testified before the Senate Tuesday to push for Fast Track Trade Promotion Authority. Protesters disrupted the hearing.
Voodoo Trickle-Down Be Damned
President Obama's middle-class economics will be a hard sell. That’s because Americans have been force-fed that voodoo, greed-is-good, grovel-before-the-rich, trickle-down financial philosophy for so very long.
Progressive Breakfast
Record Low Deficits "Federal deficit falling to lowest in Obama presidency" reports USA Today: "The federal government's 2015 budget deficit will fall slightly this year to $468 billion ... The annual deficit topped $1 trillion for each of Obama's first four years in...
Liberate 41 Million Americans From Student Loan Debt
A student debt “jubilee” would reflect both the values upon which this nation was founded and the economic principles that have sustained it through its greatest periods of growth and prosperity.
You Think Sarah Palin Is Incoherent? Listen To Jeb Bush.
Jeb Bush's address to the National Automobile Dealers Association attracted much positive press. He sounded like an adult. He was willing to challenge conservative orthodoxy. Just one problem: it didn't make any sense.
Protests As Trans-Pacific Partnership Talks Resume In New York Today
Hundreds of trade, labor, environmental, health, communities of color, anti-GMO and food justice, anti-fracking, animal and other activists still showed up in the big blizzard to protest the secret trade agreement.
Progressive Wedge Issues for Cities and States
For years, conservatives used “wedge issues” to split moderates from progressives. It's time to promote some progressive wedge issues and our best opportunities for both publicity and passage are in states, cities and counties.
Progressive Breakfast
Huge Triumph Over Austerity In Greece "Syriza’s victory is a milestone for Europe," reports NYT: "Continuing economic weakness has stirred a populist backlash from France to Spain to Italy, with more voters growing fed up with policies that require sacrifice to meet...
