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Countdown To Climate Rules Upcoming climate regs may spark global response. NYT: "President Obama is expected to announce on Monday an Environmental Protection Agency regulation to cut carbon pollution from the nation’s fleet of 600 coal-fired power plants, in a...
Making The “New Populism” A Reality: Lessons From The Conference
“We need more than just bumper sticker phrases,” Rev. William Barber II of the NAACP said at The New Populism Conference last week. It takes a vision – and a lot of hard work.
Why American Conservatives Are Suddenly Freaking Out About Guillotines
On the cover of American Spectator, vision arises from the collective unconscious of the rich. Angry citizens look on as a monocled fat-cat is led to a blood-soaked guillotine. Are they afraid the people’s patience is not endless?
Wingnut Week In Review: It Couldn't Happen To A Nicer Guy
This week saw a number of right-wingers being pulled up short, one way or another, including some of the biggest names in wingnuttia. For each wingnut up to his tinfoil hat in trouble of his own making, we can only say, “It couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.”
Let's Stop Searching For A 'Messiah' And Build A Movement
The right put its resources into long-term movement building. On our side the money, resources and effort tend to go into looking for "messiah" candidates. It is a remarkably ineffective approach.
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Unemployed Left Hanging Senate Dems now look to highway bill to help long-term unemployed get benefits. Roll Call: "None of the long-shot scenarios for additional Senate action on an unemployment extension materialized before the Senate skipped town for another recess...
The Pillow Book of Tim Geithner
"The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon" is considered an invaluable record of a pampered and long-vanished Japanese imperial court. Someday we may look at former Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's memoir "Stress Test" the same way.
The New Populism Is A Fight For America's Values
The game is rigged. The rich and the powerful have lobbyists, lobbyists and lawyers and plenty of friends in Congress. Now we can whine about it. We can whimper. Or we can fight back. Me? I’m fighting back.
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The New Populism Conference, With Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Sen. Bernie Sanders, Today 9 AM to 5:30 PM Click to watch livestream of the New Populism Conference, and check out conference agenda at ourfuture.org/thenewpopulismconference. Conference will be free to...
What Is The New Populism?
The new populism stands in the grand American tradition of opposition to financial aristocracies. It is founded in today's reality. Its reform agenda gains broad support. And it is growing, challenging the limits of both parties.
