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16 House Republicans Who Could Lose For Blocking Immigration Reform
Democrats need a net gain of 17 seats to take back the House. Here are 16 competitive Republican-held seats where the Latino population is significant enough to influence the outcome of the election.
NEA Calls For Education Secretary's Resignation, Citing 'Failed Agenda'
Last week, members of the nation's largest teachers' union passed a resolution demanding Education Secretary Arne Duncan resign due to "failed" policies, including an overemphasis on high-stakes testing.
The Crash of 2016 Gets Closer Every Day
Until the corporate elite and our billionaire class are under control, and our working class once again can enter the middle class, we stand at the precipice of a great crash. Without vigorous governmental action, it gets closer every day.
Progressive Breakfast
Highway Cliff Approaches "Highway fund running on fumes" reports The Hill: "Lawmakers are under pressure to refill the Highway Trust Fund when they return to Washington after the Fourth of July weekend or risk losing thousands of construction jobs that could set back...
Inequality or Opportunity: The Classic False Choice
Wall Street Democrats argue for a focus on opportunity, not on inequality. This is a false choice. The reality is that the rules have been rigged to benefit the few. Opportunity requires taking on the stacked deck.
Revolutionary Independence
Why is July 4 our Independence Day? Because independence begins with an insight, a realization so powerful that it allows us to achieve the seemingly impossible – like defeating an empire.
What's Missing From The Jobs Report: A Construction Boom
With the federal government stymied in its ability to help state and local governments launch long-term public infrastructure projects, we're seeing the ripple effects in the employment statistics.
Wingnut Week In Review: Hobby Lobby and "Beyoncé Voters"
Just in time for mid-term election campaigning, the Supreme Court handed conservatives the perfect opportunity to remind Americans that their number 1 obsession is policing women’s sex lives by any means necessary. Wingnuts rejoiced.
10 Mind-Bending Questions About the "Hobby Lobby" Decision
Some might say that these questions are disrespectful to believers. But it is the Supreme Court that has arguably transgressed here, by declaring that a bloodless corporation is capable of belief.
Progressive Breakfast
Obama Signals More Bank Reform Obama calls Wall Street reform "unfinished." Bloomberg: "In an interview to be aired today on American Public Media’s Marketplace radio program, Obama said an 'unfinished piece of business' is to address banks that 'take big risks...
