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Senate Readies Business Tax Break Package Senate poised to approve package of 50 tax breaks without offsetting cost. NYT: "The Senate on Tuesday shrugged off the deficit concerns that were once an animating force on Capitol Hill, voting 96-3 to take up a package of...
Look Out, Wall Street, the New Populism is Coming
Make no mistake about it: the public’s mood is distinctly populist. And much of that populist sentiment is directed toward the financial institutions that have so badly damaged our economy.
"The Making Of Ferguson" And Preventing The Next Ferguson
The conditions that made Ferguson, Mo., a powder keg waiting for a spark didn’t happen overnight, and a forum today made it clear that it will take more than putting cameras on cops to prevent the “next Ferguson."
Manchin Calls Liberals Coal "Deniers," Forgets He Shot Coal Subsidy Bill
Four years ago, Joe Manchin got elected to the U.S. Senate after pinning to a tree the House "cap and trade" bill, and shooting it. Today, he is suggesting legislation to protect the climate and help coal ... just like the bill he shot.
GOP Divorced from Reality on Obamacare
Republicans are right that Americans don’t like Obamacare – the name Obamacare, that is. When they judge it for the content of its insurance, they love it.
Who Betrayed The Legacy Of Brown v. Board?
Sixty years after Brown v. Board of Education, today’s political leaders engage in grand gestures of "progress" while taking deliberate actions to increase racial inequity.
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GOP Seeks To Widen Inequality Sen. Marco Rubio today to propose weakening Social Security. AP: "[Rubio] would raise the retirement age for younger workers while protecting those age 55 and over. Older workers could still expect to retire at age 62 or older, depending...
New Populist Movement Driving Local Minimum Wage Reforms
There is a new populist movement that is driving minimum wage and other reforms across the country. It forms part of a template for how we build independent movements to improve the economy for regular people.
9 Stories of Injustice from Matt Taibbi's New Book, 'The Divide'
In his new book, Matt Taibbi shows that the way justice works in the United States is divided pretty starkly between the wealthy and successful (and mostly white) and the rest of the country.
Does Cliven Bundy Represent The Ugly American?
While Bundy’s call to his followers to illegally ride on government land and put thousands of years’ worth of history and culture at risk is deplorable, it’s a symptom of a much larger problem in America.
