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Here Are Better Ways To Spend $1 Trillion Than On Nuclear Weapons
President Obama has talked about moving towards a nuclear weapons-free world, yet new research shows the U.S. still has a huge stockpile of nuclear weapons and efforts over the next few decades will increase it.
Oil Cos. Trying To Use Trade Treaty To Bypass Congress And Raise Prices
You might not know it, but there's a ban on domestic oil exports. It's is good for the country, but bad for oil companies. That's why the oil industry is attempting an end run around Congress to do something about it.
Let Them Eat Tips
Just when you thought the plutocratic profiteers running America’s low-wage economy couldn’t get any more clueless, self-serving, pious, and mingy — along comes Lady Maria of Marriott, magnanimously saying: “Let them eat tips."
Google Leads a Corporate Exodus From Lobbying Group ALEC
Google Chairman Eric Schmidt attracted attention when he announced that his company would no longer be funding the American Legislative Exchange Council. Now, companies from across the tech sector, and beyond, are following suit.
Progressive Breakfast
Mayor de Blasio Raises Wages NYC Mayor de Blasio expands living wage law. NYT: "Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to sign an executive order on Tuesday significantly expanding New York City’s living wage law, covering thousands of previously exempt workers and raising the...
Reagan Set Up The Death Of The Middle Class, But China Was The Clincher
Before Reagan working people benefited most from economic recoveries. After Reagan, the top 10% benefited more. After 2000, 90% of us continued to fall behind – when we opened "free trade" with China.
Why Republicans May Not Win The Senate After All
National polls show the GOP to be about as popular as the heartbreak of psoriasis. The Democrats, for all their faults, remain more popular. Republicans are not for anything.
Why the Economy is Still Failing Most Americans
Economic expansions used to improve the incomes of the bottom 90 percent more than the top 10 percent. But starting with the “Reagan” recovery the benefits of economic growth during expansions have gone mostly to the top 10 percent.
Progressive Breakfast
Republicans Abandon Key Conservative Positions for Midterms Parties will give up on certain races soon. The Hill: "In October, the cycle is entering the phase when party officials must put candidates through triage, like a hospital station on the Western Front....
Why an Unequal Planet Can Never Be Green
The more wealth concentrates, the greater the strain on our biosphere. Top environmentalists get that connection. Now our societies must.
