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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.
President's Too-Modest Proposals Won't Prevent Another Ferguson
As a grand jury in New York decides not to indict the police officer who killed Eric Garner with an illegal choke-hold, the president's too-modest proposals fall short of the change America needs.
Fight For $15: Strikes Planned Thursday For Higher Wages
Workers in as many as 190 cities around the country are expected on Thursday to demonstrate for a $15-an-hour wage, building on the foundation of the fast-food strikes of the past year.
Ask President Obama To Fix Overtime Pay
Did you know that lots of workers who used to get overtime pay for working more than 40 hours a week ? They used to, now they don't, and President Obama could fix this with the simple stroke of a pen.
Progressive Breakfast
War Over Nominees Weiss nomination a "proxy fight" between progressives and centrists. Politico: "...Warren and other progressives say the Obama administration continues to send up too many Wall Street-friendly nominees for top economic and regulatory jobs while...
