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Charter Schools Don’t Need An Ad Campaign; They Need Regulation
The charter schools industry is propping up its image with a "Truth About Charters" public relations campaign. Meanwhile, another version of charter-school truth is playing out in communities across the country.
Progressive Breakfast
Another GOP Shutdown? Sen. Marco Rubio hints at potential shutdown fight over immigration. CBS News: “Sen. Marco Rubio hinted in an interview Tuesday that his fellow Republicans might take advantage of the fact that Congress will need to pass a spending bill this fall...
Inequality: A Broad Middle Class Requires Empowering Workers
A new CAF report makes a compelling case: Rebuilding America's broad middle class requires reviving a strong union movement. Labor helped build the middle class; and as labor lost ground, so did the middle class.
Our Solution To Burger King-Style Abandonment Of U.S. Gains Traction
An idea that the Campaign for America’s Future has been promoting is gaining traction. The technical name for it is “Single Sales Factor Apportionment” but it just means tax companies based on how much they sell here.
This Labor Day 2014 Let's Think Back To Move Progressively Forward
We progressives had very good reason to be hopeful in 2007. But instead of despairing let's recall our past and consider what we failed to do so we can truly build a progressive populist majority.
Progressive Breakfast
Burger-Doughnut Combo's Nasty Taste Burger King avoids an inversion penalty with this one weird trick. Bloomberg News: "The group of investors who control Burger King Worldwide Inc. (BKW) are using an unusual strategy to avoid the tax penalty that normally applies to...
Obamacare’s “Secret Trick” Could Cure CEO Pay Excesses
In one of its lesser-known provisions, the Affordable Care Act limited tax breaks health insurers could claim for executive compensation. While that may sound arcane, the implications could be profound and far-reaching.
Remember That Time When All Those Veterans Died Waiting For Care?
Remember when all those veterans died waiting to get care? That was then, this is now. The scare story that week was VA deaths. The thing we are all supposed to be afraid of and upset about this week is … something else. Till next week.
What Life Will Look Like When You Can't Afford to Retire
In new Harper's article, journalist Jessica Bruder adds a new phrase to America's vocabulary: "Elderly migrant worker." A growing number of older Americans must resort to Rving across the country for seasonal and temporary employment.
Will Republicans Block Action On Corporations Abandoning The U.S.?
Legislation to do something about corporations renouncing their U.S. "citizenship" is before Congress. The odds are that Republicans will block it – and not just because they have obstructed everything else.
