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Why Would Congress Approve A Trade Deal Before Reading It?
Corporations are pushing Congress to pass something called Fast Track — a process that essentially pre-approves trade agreements before Congress even reads them for the first time.
November Jobs Report: Good News Coming
The Department of Labor's November jobs report exceeded expectations, amid signs that working people may finally be seeing the first signs of the recovery that officially is in its fifth year.
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Solid Jobs Report Best month of job growth in three years. NYT: "Employers added 321,000 jobs in November ... average hourly earnings surged 0.4 percent in November, twice what economists had been expecting and a sign the healthier economy is finally translating into...
Low Wage Workers: "We Can't Breathe"
Even as protests over the Eric Garner grand jury swept the country, low wage workers walked off their jobs in over 180 cities, protesting jobs that leave them with no way to breathe. Senator Sanders stood with them. Will others join?
The Unseen Heart of the Violence: Eric Garner at the Terminal Point
Death, like life, occurs within an interconnected web of forces. Eric Garner died at a specific place and time, but he was drawn there by those larger and unseen forces. So was the officer who took his life.
Let's Rethink The Gas Tax
The current federal program for funding surface transportation infrastructure in the United States is broken, a new report concludes, and other countries may have lessons for us to learn.
Award-Winning Story Questions The 'Charter School Hype'
"Charter schools have been relentlessly marketed as a silver bullet for 'failed' public schools … But as these institutions proliferate, so are troubling reports of what the charter movement has unleashed."
Progressive Breakfast
House To Vote On Keeping Government Open Democrats split over bill to keep government open. The Hill: "Some Democrats are signaling support for the Republican proposal, viewing it as the best chance to secure long-term funding for most government functions while the...
"We Can't Breathe"
African Americans still can't fully breathe in America under the smog of racism. It permeates our institutions and inhibits the ability of all of us to breathe. We may not all recognize it, but this is poisoning us all.
Why Demographics Can't Save the Democrats – But Populism Can
The “rising American electorate” is sinking, along with many other Americans, into an economic quagmire. If Democrats don't address their needs, they won't just fail to win new voters. They could also lose the ones they have.
