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Start Climate Summit Week Right: March.
The People's Climate March appears on track to be largest climate march in history, and possibly the most consequential, if it can pressure the U.N. to forge a real agreement to collectively cut our greenhouse gas emissions.
Full Employment Is More Than Possible. It Is Essential.
We were able to fight back against Social Security cuts, against tax cuts for the rich and corporations, for gay marriage and LGBT rights, women's health and pay, climate... Let's demand full employment, too.
What's The Matter With Kansas Education Policy?
Left-leaning people have been warned to pay attention to how conservative politics in the heartland resonate into national trends. This dynamic is especially acute in education.
Progressive Breakfast
House Keeps Government Open House passes bill to keep government open, arm Syrian rebels and extend Ex-Im Bank. NYT: "An unusual but overwhelming coalition in the House voted Wednesday to authorize the training and arming of Syrian rebels to confront the militant...
Airline Workers Win Big In Union Vote -- In The South!
Passenger service agents at American Airlines on Tuesday voted to be represented by a union. The vote was described as “overwhelming,” with 86 percent voting in favor. Politico called this a “historic win.”
Want to Save the Planet? Flood Wall Street.
It would be a grave mistake, for the planet and for ourselves, to overlook Sunday's Flood Wall Street rally, which will target the role of global capitalism in our environmental crisis.
The Myth that Sold the Financial Bailout
Six years ago, Wall Street's giants were falling like dominoes. Henry Paulson and Tim Geithner told Congress that failing to bail them out would lead to a second Great Depression. It was nonsense then. It's even greater nonsense now.
A Simpler Solution to Climate Change
In her powerful new book, "This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate," Naomi Klein finds that humanity has no choice but to ditch its fossil fuel-driven global economy for a local model powered by renewable energy.
Surprise! House Passes Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation
The legislation will help create local manufacturing "ecosystems" that bring together the necessary components for a particular kind of manufacturing come together, so that industry can grow up around them.
Progressive Breakfast
"You Can't Eat GDP" Stronger growth hasn't translated into higher incomes. NYT's Neil Irwin: "The [new 2013] census numbers on what American families made last year are as mediocre as they are predictable ... up a mere 0.3 percent from 2012. If you’re counting, that’s...
