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Utility, Natural Gas Industries Aren't Helping GOP Attack Climate Regs
Imagine how different this week would have been if utility companies across the nation were telling local TV networks and newspapers that their bills were going to double because of Obama's climate rules. That's not happening.
Lift A $1.2 Trillion Weight On Student Borrowers And The Economy
Three witnesses testify in a Senate Budget Committee hearing on the impact of student loan debt on the national economy. A teacher's personal story makes the need for action clear.
How The Right Shoots Down Political Discourse
Guns — their presence, and all it portends — are increasingly invading every corner of our every day lives. They have morphed into a form of symbolic speech that threatens to shoot down our political discourse.
Progressive Breakfast
Sanders, McCain Seek VA Deal Bipartisan talks on Senate VA reform bill. W. Post: "Word of a possible deal first came Wednesday morning when the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee abruptly cancelled plans to hold a hearing on one possible proposal Thursday ... Sanders...
Obama Could Appoint a "People's Fed" Board – and Transform the Economy
The president has an opportunity to make the Fed more democratic, in a way that would be economically transformative and politically popular. It’s also what the law requires.
How Government "Contracting Out" Drives Up Costs, Pushes Down Workers
A new study finds that privatization of government services "contributes to the decline of the middle class and the rise in poverty-level jobs, thereby exacerbating growing economic inequality."
Walmart’s Top-to-Bottom Taxpayer Subsidies
Low-income families weren’t the only ones hurt by cuts to food stamps last fall. Top Walmart executives also took a hit. But Walmart’s board rejiggered bonus criteria so executives could reap “performance” payouts, at taxpayer's expense.
School Discipline Reform: A Model For Bottom-Up Improvement
A new report provides promising new strategies for reforming the nation's school discipline policies. It may be even more important to recognize how the new direction in discipline policies came about.
Enormous, Humongous Trade Deficit Up In April
Imagine that American factories and other businesses had received $44.2 billion more in orders last month, and every single month, and you can visualize the effect of this.
Progressive Breakfast
GOP Whiffs On Climate Republican attack on rules has been pathetic, says TNR's Danny Vinik: "...when you take a closer look at those arguments: they quickly fall apart. What’s more, Republicans had months to develop their position ... Yet, their three arguments...
