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How Clinton’s Welfare “Reform” Created a System Rife With Racial Biases
It’s a political cliché that “red” and “blue” states represent two Americas. But consider how states prioritize programs like health care and education — or how they administer their social safety nets — and the differences are very real.
Progressive Breakfast
Banks Try To Escape Prosecution Banks beg not to be prosecuted. NYT: "To avoid the fallout from pleading guilty — no giant bank has done so in more than two decades — BNP Paribas and Credit Suissemade last-ditch appeals to prosecutors and regulators in recent weeks,...
Democrats Should Be For Jobs, Against Corporate Tax Giveaways
The country needs jobs. The country needs to fix its crumbling infrastructure. The country doesn't need more corporate tax breaks. Guess which of these three the House is passing – unfortunately with help from many Democrats.
Wingnut Week In Review: Devil In A Blue Dress?
Hillary Clinton's all-but-inevitable presidential candidacy in 2016 and Monica Lewinsky's return to the spotlight have led to recurrence of the right's derangement disorder of the '90s.
Obama's 2014 Climate Push Proves Policy Is Above Politics
If President Obama wants to duck climate politics before the midterms, he has a funny way of showing it. The EPA is planning to formally propose it's biggest set of climate rules covering existing power plants "within weeks."
Progressive Breakfast
Geithner Defends His Tenure Geithner defends bailouts in wide-ranging NYT interview: "Elizabeth Warren [wrote] that Geithner 'believed the government’s most important job was to provide a soft landing for the tender fannies of the banks.' ... As for the argument that...
Turning the Tables on 'Tax and Spend' To Curb Excessive CEO Pay
Could the classic conservative put-down of progressive policy become a strategic template for attacking CEO pay excess? Legislators in California and Rhode Island may soon find out.
Bill de Blasio Knows: Affordable Housing is a Civil Right
Instead of questioning the ambition of the New York City mayor's affordable-housing plan, we should be asking how we can justify calling ourselves an egalitarian society without many such programs.
Keith Ellison Warns Democrats: Focus On People, Not Fund-Raising
"Trying to go dollar for dollar with these Republicans is a losing strategy," says the co-chairman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. "Get out in the street and talk to the people."
The Extreme Position N.C. Senate Candidate Is Now Trying To Dodge
"Establishment" Republican Tom Tillis believes that the minimum wage is a "dangerous idea" and should be abolished. But as a candidate for the U.S. Senate in a state that supports the minimum wage, he's dodging the issue.
