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Public Pressure Can Influence The Federal Reserve
The structure of the Federal Reserve ensures that the banking industry's concerns get a full hearing at Fed meetings, while those of workers may not. But that doesn't mean protests against Fed policies are futile.
Progressive Breakfast
Same Old Paul Ryan Ryan's "The Way Forward" doesn't point the way forward. MSNBC.com: "Ryan doesn’t lay out any major proposals to empower impoverished communities or ease racial tensions. Instead he boasts that he hired a staffer to reach out to Hispanics in his...
Are American Corporations Really Less Competitive Because Of Taxes?
Corporate tax rates used to top out at 52.8 percent. They are now 35 percent. Now they want rates lowered even more. But are corporate tax rates really "uncompetitive?" And what does that even mean?
What Does The Fed Have To Do With Social Security? Plenty.
People who are concerned about the future of Social Security should be paying a great deal of attention to what the Fed does. Raising interest rates will not only affect the economy today, but it will also affect Social Security tomorrow.
The Coming Race War Won’t Be About Race
Will the recent rioting in Ferguson, Missouri, be a tipping point in the struggle against racial injustice, or will it be a minor footnote in history? The answer can be found in May of 1970.
Progressive Breakfast
Corporations Not Hurting From Tax Code Corporate tax code hampers global competitiveness? Opposite is true. NYT: "...Professor [Edward] Kleinbard contends that most United States multinational companies don’t pay anywhere near 35 percent. Companies paid, on average,...
Polling Shows Democrats Should Campaign On Corporate Patriotism
The idea of American corporations renouncing their citizenship to get out of paying for the services that they will still be using has pushed public opinion over the edge.
Ferguson And The "War On Whites”
Republican Rep. Mo Brooks thinks there's a "war on whites" in America. In the streets Ferguson, Missouri — where a white police officer killed an unarmed, young black man — it's the other way around.
Why Hasn't President Obama Fixed The Problem Of Race In This Country?
It's much easier to believe that the first African American president failed to deliver on a promise he never made than admit that our society has a huge, moral hole at its very center.
One Nation Under Siege: “Counterinsurgency Cops” in Ferguson – and on TV
Who benefits from all of this? Defense contractors certainly do. They can argue that their products are useful to the nation both abroad and at home. And politicians can benefit from an ideology based on fear.
