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How to Build a Powerful People’s Movement
How do we build a people’s movement? We start with vision. Prophetic moral vision seeks to penetrate despair, so that we can believe in and embrace new futures. It does not ask if the vision can be implemented
The Case For Making Federal Contract Jobs Good Jobs
President Obama could sign an executive order today that would help halt wage theft and place over 20 million Americans on a pathway to the middle class, according to a report by the think tank Demos.
Progressive Breakfast
President Rejects Repatriation WH states opposition to tax "holiday" for multinational corporations. Reuters: "President Barack Obama does not support the idea of a corporate tax repatriation 'holiday' that some Republicans in Congress have said could help boost the...
The Double Irish/Dutch Sandwich Corporate Tax-Dodge Crisis
Medtronic is as American a company as they come. But if Medtronic’s management has its way, the company will soon become Irish. Why? Because everybody evades their taxes nowadays.
Transportation Funding Proposal Forces GOP To Face Its Tax Phobia
A plan unveiled today to keep the federal fund that pays for surface transportation projects from drying up within the next two months comes with some plain truth that Republicans keep trying to avoid.
How Inequality Shapes the American Family
A growing body of evidence suggests that inequality is changing not only American family structures, but the roles men and women play and the calculations they make in pairing and establishing households.
This Might Be The Biggest Reason To End The Tipped Minimum Wage
The restaurant industry is the single biggest source of sexual harassment claims. Placing women in the position of having to please customers and employers for tips is a big part of the problem.
A Family-Friendly Economy Begins With A Family-Friendly Workplace
While conservatives fret over breadwinner moms and caregiver dads, Democrats are working to create a more family-friendly economy, starting with a family-friendly workplace.
Progressive Breakfast
Fed Expected To Lower Expectations Fed criticized for prematurely reducing stimulus. NYT: "Federal Reserve officials, who have persistently overestimated the strength of the economic recovery, predicted last June that the economy in 2014 would finally grow more than 3...
Are President Obama's Manufacturing Efforts Working?
Tuesday President Obama talked about manufacturing at a TechShop in Pittsburgh. At the same time his administration announced a number of new manufacturing initiatives. How's he doing?
