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Three Updated Charts to Email to Your Right-Wing Brother-In-Law
Problem: Your right-wing brother-in-law is plugged into the Fox-Limbaugh lie machine and keeps sending you emails about "Obama spending" and "Obama deficits." Here are three "reality-based" charts to send to him.
This Student's Story Shows What's Wrong With The Tipped Minimum Wage
A student trying to save for tuition at an acting school works at a restaurant that pays her $2.77 an hour – so she's trying to earn enough in tips to cover the cost. Consider what's wrong with this picture.
All Pro-Immigration GOP Senators Have Won Their Primaries
Three Republican Senators up for re-election this year voted for the bipartisan immigration reform bill despised by the anti-immigrant right-wing. And as of last night's victory by Sen. Lamar Alexander all three won their primaries.
Wingnut Week In Review: Rand On The Run
Sen. Rand Paul turned tail and ran away when confronted by undocumented DREAMers. But the GOP has a “Latino problem” it can’t run from, and right-wingers seem determined to make it worse.
'Better Than Republicans' Not Good Enough For Education
New interviews with leading voices in the progressive education movement have brought to light how policy compromises forged by centrist Democrats have enabled truly bad consequences for public education. Progressives are saying "enough"
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Pro-Immigration Republicans Keep Winning Sen. Lamar Alexander wins TN primary, another immigration reform victory. W. Post: "His survival is a testament to an emerging political reality: Republicans who support reform can survive the conservative backlash ......
How Big Is a $16 Billion Bank Fraud Settlement, Really?
The numbers that accompany these deal announcements always seem impressive. Compared to the wealth that bank fraud has taken from American households, these settlements are a drop in the ocean.
Young And Low-Skilled Workers Aren't Being Hurt By Minimum Wage Hike
Two University of Delaware economists looked at the 13 states that have raised their minimum wage and actually found that the job prospects of low-skilled workers in those states improved slightly.
June Trade Deficit: Still Enormous, Humongous – And Unsustainable
As Yogi Berra says, "If something is unsustainable, it can't be sustained." At some point consumers will no longer be able to consume. But that will not occur in this quarter, which is what matters to Wall Street.
The Class War Goes Retail
Why does Wall Street tank on news portending economic gains for most Americans? Don’t people with extra money boost the economy when they spend more freely? Isn’t it something worth celebrating? Not in an economy that caters to the rich.
