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Shiftless Corporations Renounce America
Corporations that “invert” park their assets, staff and sales in the U.S. But with their sham overseas addresses, they won’t pay taxes on foreign income to the country that protects them.
Progressive Breakfast
Perry Pulls National Guard Stunt TX Gov. Rick Perry sends National Guard to border. Bloomberg: "The 1,000 Texas National Guard troops Governor Rick Perry will send to the Mexican border will augment almost 10,000 federal agents already there, part of an unprecedented...
Corporate Tax Deferral, Inversions And The Destructive Result
When these companies and the billionaires behind them don't pay their taxes, guess who has to make up the difference — or suffer the cutbacks in the things government does to make our lives better?
Sanders For President? NPR Asks Sanders, Borosage Responds
On NPR's "On Point," Sen. Bernie Sanders laid out his argument for a potential presidential bid and Robert Borosage explained how Sanders' policy agenda might influence a possible Hillary Clinton campaign.
Two Campaigns This Week For A "Fair Paycheck" For Low-Wage Workers
As a "Live the Wage Challenge" highlights the struggle of living on the minimum wage, a campaign is beginning around legislation to curb work schedule abuses that make life even harder for low-wage workers.
America's Border Crisis of Conscience
In San Pedro Sula, Honduras, 60 bodies lie in a heap on the floor of a morgue – the body count for just one day. Can we in good conscience send children back there – when we helped create the conditions they are escaping?
Progressive Breakfast
Republicans Prepare Child Migrant Proposal House GOP set to introduce child migrant legislation this week. Politico: "The seven-member group established by Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has already missed a few self-imposed deadlines ... The group is likely to...
Manufacturing a Middle Class with Quality Jobs
At Netroots Nation, Rep. Dan Kildee showed he "gets it" about manufacturing. "Facts should invade a conversation [about] this 20-year experiment with unbalanced trade agreements. We need to hold Democrats' feet to the fire."
Snakes and Ladders at Netroots Nation
Activists huddled over coffee to plot new ways of defeating metaphorical “snakes” while other attendees networked over drinks as they sought to climb career ladders.
Ideology Takes A Toll On Transportation – And A Pushback Is Brewing
Public-private partnerships for transportation projects offer a way for politicians to dodge tough choices about how to pay for the transportation network the public uses. It doesn't always work.
