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China Climate Deal Reverberates China climate deal could set stage for global agreement. NYT: "The agreement has given a fresh jolt of optimism to negotiations aimed at reaching a new international climate treaty next year in Paris, where the American and Chinese...
Give Up, GOP: Climate Change Is The New Gay Marriage
They got burned on gay marriage. Now Republicans risk getting burned on climate. Just as there were signs in 2004 that Republicans were on the wrong side of history, so are there today.
Is A Job-Killing Trade Treaty The Way To Restore Faith In Government?
This week, President Obama is in Asia pushing yet another job-killing, "NAFTA-style" trade agreement. The public is well aware of the damage these agreements have done to our economy and their wages.
AFL-CIO's Ed Wytkind Talks Transportation
Transportation Advocate Ed Wytkind talks about transportation policy and what to expect from the next two years, the incoming Republican Congress and President Obama.
The Choice of the Century
Democrats have a choice. They can refill their campaign coffers for 2016, or they can come out swinging. It’s the choice of the century. Democrats have less than two years to make it.
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Landmark Climate Deal US-China ink major climate pact. McClatchy: "...the United States would cut net greenhouse gas emissions 26-28 percent below 2005 levels in the next 11 years. At the same time, President Xi Jinping of China agreed that China for the first time...
More Than The Minimum
The Campaign for America's Future joined Good Jobs Nation and the co-chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus to urge President Obama to issue executive orders that would boost wages and strengthen worker rights.
We've Been Waiting Too Long For Those CEO Pay Rules From The SEC
The 2010 Dodd-Frank law mandated "clawback" rules that make CEOs return compensation they receive through accounting gimmicks and not through actual performance. Four years later, the SEC still has not issued them.
One House Republican Tried To Pull a "Willie Horton." He Lost.
As Nebraska's second congressional district is 82% white and only 10% black, Rep. Lee Terry may have thought the "Nikko" ad would rally the white majority to his side. Instead, Terry sparked a backlash that contributed to his demise.
Demand Representation from the Reds
Republicans could wrongly perceive their big victory as a mandate. But exit polls show something different: Voters don’t like GOPers any better than Democrats. What they mainly think is that the economy stinks. And they want DC to fix it.
