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Biden On Immigrants At Netroots Nation: "You Should Applaud Them"
Responding to chanters interrupting his speech, Vice President Joe Biden asks, "can you imagine the pain and anxiety" of children living under the fear of their parents' deportation?
Equal Pay For Women Would Mean A More Secure Retirement For All
The pay discrimination against women not only hurts their current well-being and future security, but also means tens of billions less in revenues to fund Social Security, a new report shows.
Arrested for Being Too Poor To Afford Child Care
There's no margin of error for low-income working parents. There's no “plan B,” because there's barely enough resources for “plan A.” If just one thing goes wrong, “plan A” crashes and burns, taking the rest of someone’s life with it.
The Republican Immigration Position Just Got More Ridiculous
Boehner's attempts to blame Obama's lack of trustworthiness for the failure of passing immigration reform were completely phony. He trusts Obama just fine. It's the anti-immigrant bigots in his party whom he doesn't trust.
Waking Up To Our Broken Education Policies
Those tempted to jump into the fray of the education debate should be aware they're late to the scene and way behind the narrative. Grievances with adequate, equitable funding and lack of democratic control are driving the debate.
Progressive Breakfast
Will Dems Take Sides In The Class War? American Prospect's Harold Meyerson argues "Why the Democrats Need to Take Sides": "Since the 1940s ... the Democrats’ preferred method of helping working- and middle-class Americans has tilted more toward spurring economic...
The Democrats' Middle Class Jump-Start
House Democrats released their 2014 election year agenda Wednesday. It received virtually no news coverage. But it represents a first step in defining the terms of the election for voters on the vital issue of the economy.
House Republicans Say No To A Fair Wage For Government Workers
An appropriations amendment by Rep. Alan Grayson would have required the federal government to pay a minimum wage of $10.10 an hour to its employees. A Republican opponent offered an absurd objection.
The Latest Crack in Our Broken Immigration System
It takes the Citizenship and Immigration Services agency an average of seven years to grant immigrants green cards. Some undocumented immigrants who arrive as children may be well into their 40s before they get a green card.
Congressional Staff Find 40 Minutes Of Being Poor In America Exhausting
Several members of Congress and a few dozen staff members participated in a poverty simulation on Capitol Hill designed to give a taste of the stress, confusion, and backbreaking toughness of being poor in America.
