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Should We Let The Tea Party Kill The Export-Import Bank?
It is “crony capitalism” only if it is benefiting cronies. It is corporate welfare only if it helps corporations at the expense of the rest of us. The Export-Import Bank helps businesses and workers.
Hillary's Hard Choice
Despite the recent gaffes, Hillary Clinton is the odds-on favorite for president. But to avoid a failed presidency, she'll have to choose to break from the policies of her former boss and her husband.
Brown: No Tax Giveaway To Fund Roads, Yes To Treating Workers Right
Sen. Sherrod Brown rejects a repatriation tax holiday and instead proposes a different short-term solution for the Highway Trust Fund that would have long-term benefits for workers.
Meet the Guy Stealing Your Retirement Savings Right Under Your Nose
Right now, all across the country, the savings of blameless, hard-working people are being nibbled away without their knowledge by unscrupulous actors. And there doesn’t seem to be anything that can be done about it.
Sorry Tea Party. Mississippi Proves People Like Government Spending.
Mississippi, one of the most conservative states in the nation, has shown us why the right-wing Tea Party is incapable of winning. Because at the end of the day, most people want their government to do the things that they pay it to do.
Progressive Breakfast
Tea Party Loses Mississippi Showdown Black voters beat Tea Party in MS GOP senate runoff. W. Post's Chris Cillizza: "...runoff turnout in the 24 counties with a black population of 50 percent or more was up almost 40 percent from the primary. In all other counties,...
Let's Get Back To Focusing On The Long-Term Unemployed – And Jobs
Legislation introduced Tuesday would restart unemployment benefits for more than 3 million unemployed. But what the long-term unemployed really want and need is our focus on creating more jobs.
'Making America Work' Means Confronting Race
At a panel on "The Next America," Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) perfectly demonstrated the primary barrier to bettering the economic situation of most racial and ethnic minorities in America.
Panel Addresses Jobs And America's Poverty Crisis
The Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institute began a two-day summit June 19 entitled "Addressing America’s Poverty Crisis." One panel focused on minimum wage policies and work-sharing.
Progressive Breakfast
Tea Party Test In Mississippi Tea Party hopes to oust another incumbent today. W. Post: "Republican Senate candidates Thad Cochran and Chris McDaniel returned to core campaign themes ahead of a Tuesday runoff election as GOP leaders nervously looked on ... right-wing...
